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DEDICATION. 


To ALL TO WHOM THESE PAGES MAY BRING A DAILY THOUGHT 

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OF THE “EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES” OF GOD 
TO HIS CHILDREN, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DED¬ 
ICATED, WITH THE PRAYER THAT THE u WORD OF HIS GRACE, 
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JANUARY I. 


TYAYS should speak, and multitude of years 
should teach wisdom. Job xxxii. 7. 


Lord, our times are in thy hand : 

All our sanguine hopes have planned; 

To thy wisdom we resign, 

And would mould our wills to thine. 

Thou our daily task shall give : 

Day by day to thee we live : 

So shall added years fulfil 
Not our own : our Father’s will. 

CONDER. 


GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, with- 
out whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; In¬ 
crease and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou 
being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things 
temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. 
Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, 
our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 2 . 


ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the 


Gal. vi. 2. 


law of Christ. 


So others shall 


Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand, 
From thy heart, and thy hand, and thy brave cheer, 
And God’s grace fructify through thee to all. 

The least flower, with a brimming cup may stand, 
And share its dew-drop with another near. 


Mrs. E. B. Browning. 




r\ LORD JESUS CHRIST, our sympathizing Sav- 
^ iour, draw thou near to all who in this transit 



life are in any sorrow, need, sickness, or any other 


versity, and so hallow all their crosses in this life, that 
thou may’st crown them hereafter where all tears are 
wiped away, for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 


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JANUARY 3 . 


life is hid with Christ in God. 


Col. iii. 3. 


The tempter comes with guileful art, 

To snare me in some thought of sin : 

I breathe in prayer one Blessed Name — 
Jesus, — “a place to hide me in.” 

O hidden “ life with Christ in God,” 

Let me thy blest abiding win ! 

The shadow of God’s lovingness — 

Jesus— “ a place to hide me in.” 


M. K. A. S. 



'T'HAT it may please thee to strengthen such as do 
^ stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted; 
and to raise up those who fall ; and finally to beat down 
Satan under our feet: we beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord! 


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JANUARY 4: 

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T7VENING, and morning, and at noon-day, will I 
■ L ' pray. Psalm lv. 17. 


He every moment waits to give, 
Watch thou unwearied to receive. 
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim’s staff, 
To walk with God all day : 

When midnight veils our eyes, 

Oh, it is sweet to say, 

“ I sleep, but my heart waketh, Lord, 
With thee to watch and pray ! ” 


GOD, the life of the faithful, the bliss of the right- 
' s -^' eous, mercifully receive the prayers of thy suppli¬ 
ants, that the souls which thirst for thy promises, may 
evermore be filled from thine abundance, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 5. 


r pHOU wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose 
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth 
in thee. Isaiah xxvi. 3. 


My Saviour, why should I complain, 

And why fear aught but sin ? 

Distractions are but outward things 1 
Thy peace dwells far within. 

These surface-troubles come and go 
Like rufflings of the sea : 

The deeper depth is out of reach 

To all, my God, but thee. Faber. 


LORD, give unto thy servants that peace which 
the world cannot give ; that our hearts may be set 
to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, 
being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our 
time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus 
Christ our Saviour. Amen. 




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JANUARY 6. 


"THAT was the true Light, which lighteth every 
A man that cometh into the world. John i. 9. 


Holy Jesus, every day 
Keep us in the narrow way : 

And, when earthly things are past, 

Bring our ransomed souls at last 
Where they need no star to guide, 

Where no clouds thy glory hide. 

W. C. Dix. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast made known the In- 
carnation of thy Son by the bright shining of a star, 
grant that the Star of thy righteousness may always 
shine in our hearts, and that, as our treasure, we may 
give ourselves, and all we possess to thy service, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 7. 


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TVTY heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel 
1 is, that they might be saved. Rom. x. i. 


Hast thou, my Master, aught for me to do 
To honor thee to-day ? 

Hast thou a word of love to some poor soul 
That I may say ? 

For see : this world that thou hast made so fair, 
Within its heart is sad ? 

Thousands are lonely, thousands sigh and weep : 
But few are glad. 

Mrs. E. Prentiss. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, we beseech thee to hear our 
prayers for all such as sin against thee or neglect 
to serve thee, that thou wouldst bestow upon them true 
contrition, and an earnest desire to devote themselves to 
thy holy service, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JANUARY 8. 


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HIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all ac¬ 
ceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the 
world to save sinners : of whom I am chief. 

i Tim. i. 15. 


Not thine Omniscience, but thy grace, 

Leads me to seek thee day and night: 

When I should shrink from human face 
Were this frail heart in human sight. 

Hope that thy love will hide my shame 
With pardon tender, full, and sweet, 

Bestowed when asked in Jesus’ name : — 

This bows me, Father, at thy feet ! 

Harriet McEwen Kimball. 


'T'HOU that takest away the sins of the world, re- 


- 1 - ceive our prayer ! Amen. 


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'T'HOUGH I walk in the midst of trouble, thou 
wilt revive me. Psalm cxxxviii. 7. 


Whate’er my God ordains is right: 

My Light, my Life is he ! 

Who cannot will me aught but good; 
I trust him utterly, 

For well I know 
In joy or woe, 

We soon shall see as sunlight clear, 
How faithful was our Guardian here. 


S. Rodigast. 



every Christian soul, O Lord, that is afflicted, 


^ or plunged into distress, grant thou mercy, grant 
relief, grant refreshment, we beseech thee, for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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JANUARY 10. 


WHATSOEVER ye do, in word or deed, do all in 
** the Name of the Lord Jesus. Col. iii. 17. 


The deeds we do, the words we say, 
Into still air they seem to fleet: 
We count them ever past. 

But they shall last : 

In the dread judgment, they 
And we shall meet. 


Keble. 


TAIRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most 
gracious favor, and further us with thy continual 
help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended 
in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by 
thy mercy, obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY II. 

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T IGHT is sown for the righteous, and gladness 
for the upright in heart. Psalm xcvii. n. 

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Let thy good Spirit by the word 
Work mightily in us, O Lord : 

Our souls and bodies filling ! 

Oh let the Sun of grace shine bright, 

That there may be abundant light 
In us, and in our dwelling : 

On our way, night and day, 

Cheerful, happy, and confiding, 

Patiently in thee abiding. 

Lyra Domestica. 


CHINE into our hearts, O loving Master, by the pure 
^ light of the knowledge of thyself, that we may 
ever be devoted unto thee, for thine own Name’s sake. 
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THE Lord is my strength and my shield ; my heart 
^ trusted in him ; and I am helped : therefore my 
and with mv sons: will I 


heart greatly rejoiceth ; 
praise him. 


my song 
Psalm xxviii. 7 . 


The heart that trusts, forever sings, 

And feels as light as it had wings : 

A well of peace within it springs : 

Come good or ill, 

Whate’er to-day, to-morrow brings, 

It is his will. 

Isaac Williams. 


VyE beseech thee, O Lord, to keep us in perpetual 
* * peace, as thou hast vouchsafed us confidence in 
thee : that thus we may so pass through things tempo¬ 
ral, that we may at last drink in the sweetness of life eter¬ 
nal, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 13. 


UY/HOSOEVER will, let him take the water of 
life freely. Rev. xxii. 17. 


I come, O Christ, thy gentle call obeying, 

And lay my sins and sorrows at thy feet: 

On everlasting strength my weakness staying, 
Clothed in thy robe of righteousness complete, 
Then rising, and refreshed, I leave thy throne, 
And follow on to know as I am known. 


/"A THOU who art the fountain of life, the help of 
those who flee to thee, the hope of those who cry 
unto thee : cleanse our bodies and souls, that with per¬ 
fect love and calm hope we may venture fearlessly to 
pray unto thee, for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JANUARY 14. 


INASMUCH as ye have done it unto one of the 
1 least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto 
me. Matt. xxv. 40. 


So, as we walk our earthly round, 

Still may the echo of that sound 
Be in our memory stored : 

“ Christians, behold your happy state, 

Christ is in these, who ’round you wait: 

Make much of your dear Lord ! ” 

Keble. 


("A MERCIFUL JESUS, give us grace to serve thee 
^ in the persons of our fellow creatures, that thus we 
may so minister to them in thy Name, in all their neces¬ 
sities of body or soul, that thou shalt be glorified there¬ 
by, for thy blessed sake. Amen. 


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TN all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall 
direct thy paths. Prov. iii. 6. 


I know not the way I ’m going, 

But well do I know my Guide. 

With a child-like trust I give my hand 
To the mighty friend by my side. 
The only thing that I say to him 
As he takes it, is, “ Hold it fast: 
Suffer me not to lose my way, 

And bring me home at last.” 


rAUR Father in heaven, grant that all our doings, being 
ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy 
sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ame7i. 


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JANUARY 16. 


"POR this God is our God for ever and ever : he 
will be our guide even unto death. 

Psalm xlviii. 14. 


My God, accept my heart this day, 

And make it always thine ; 

That I from thee no more may stray, 

No more from thee decline. 

Let every thought, and work, and word, 

To thee be ever given : 

Then life shall be thy service, Lord, 

And death the gate of heaven. 

Matthew Bridges. 


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LORD Jesus Christ, mercifully incline thy ears 
unto our prayers, and of thy loving-kindness en¬ 
lighten the depths of our hearts, that no evil desires 
may rule where the light of thy heavenly grace hath 
shined, for thine own Name’s sake. Amen, 


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JANUARY 17. 


QUR Father which art in heaven. 


Matt. vi. 9. 


Father ! the sweetest, dearest name 
That men or angels know ! 

Fountain of life, that had no fount, 
From which itself could flow ! 

All fathers learn their craft from thee; 

All loves are shadows cast 
From the beautiful eternal hills 
Of thine unbeginning past. 


Faber. 


TltT’E praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be 
the Lord. 

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. 
Day by day we magnify thee ; 

And we worship thy Name ever, world without end. 
Amen. 


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JANUARY 18. 


TT is toward evening, and the day is far spent. 

- 1 Luke xxiv. 29. 


Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day, 

Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away ; 
Change and decay in all around I see : 

O thou who changest not, abide with me. 

I need thy presence every passing hour; 

What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power, 
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be ? 
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 

Lyte. 


RANT, O Lord Jesus Christ, that the more the out- 
ward man decayeth, so much the more may we be 
strengthened with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner 
man, that thus, having thee ever abiding in us, we may 
at last be received into thine everlasting kingdom, for 
thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JANUARY 19. 


J^LESSED be God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the 
God of all comfort: who comforteth us in all our 
tribulation. 2 Cor. i. 3, 4. 


Thou God of love ! beneath thy sheltering wings, 
We leave our holy dead 
To rest in hope ! from this world’s sufferings 
Their souls have fled ! 

Oh ! when our souls are burdened with the weight 
Of life and all its woes, 

Let us remember them, and calmly wait 
For our life’s close ! 


YKTE also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants 
* v departed this life, in thy faith and fear : beseeching 
thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, 
that with them we may be made partakers of thy heav¬ 
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JANUARY 21. 


r^ASTING all your care upon him ; for he careth 
for you. i Peter v. 7. 


Enough that blessings undeserved 
Have marked my erring track : — 
That wheresoe’er my feet have swerved, 
His chastening turned me back. 

That more and more a Providence 
Of love is understood, 

Making the springs of time and sense 
Sweet with eternal good. 


Whittier. 


RANT us, O Lord, we beseech thee, always to seek 
thy kingdom and righteousness, and of whatsoever 
thou seest us to stand in need, mercifully grant us an 
abundant portion, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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JANUARY 22. 


A S one whom his mother comforteth, so will I 
^ comfort you. Isaiah lxvi. 13- 


We have no tears thou wilt not dry : 

We have no wounds thou wilt not heal: 

No sorrows pierce our human hearts, 

That thou, dear Saviour ! dost not feel. 

Thy pity like the dew distils ; 

And thy compassion, like the light, 

Our every morning overfills, 

And crowns with stars our every night. 

Harriet McEwen Kimball. 


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beseech thee, O Lord, give strength to the weary, 
aid to the sufferers, comfort to the sad, help to 
those in tribulation, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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gEING knit together in love, and unto all riches 
of the full assurance of understanding. 

Col. ii. 2. 


Sweet is the smile of home, the mutual look 
When hearts are of each other sure : 

Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook, 
The haunt of all affections pure. 

Keble. 


Z' - '') THOU giver of all good, who by the grace of the 
Holy Ghost hast poured the gifts of love into the 
hearts of thy faithful people, grant unto us thy ser¬ 
vants, that we may love thee with all our strength, and 
with perfect affection fulfil thy pleasure, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 24. 


THOU therefore endure hardness, as a good 
A soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 3. 

Strong in the Lord of Hosts, 

And in his mighty power ; 

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 

Is more than conqueror. 

Stand, then, in his great might, 

With all his strength endued ; 

And take to arm you for the fight, 

The panoply of God. 

Charles Wesley. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, give us grace that we may cast 
away the works of darkness, and put upon us the 
armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in 
which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great hu¬ 
mility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in 
his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and dead, 
we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and 
ever. Amen. 


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JANUARY 25. 


LORD, 


what wilt thou have me to do ? 

Acts ix. 6. 


Oh may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, 

Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, 

And win, with them, the victor’s crown of gold. 

O blest communion, fellowship divine ! 

We feebly struggle : they in glory shine ! 

Yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. 

Allelulia. 
Rev. W. W. How. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, who dost enkindle the flame of 
thy love in the hearts of the saints, grant to us the 
same faith and power of love : that as we rejoice in their 
triumphs, we may profit by their examples, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 26. 


TV/TARK the perfect man, and behold the upright: 
for the end of that man is peace. 

Psalm xxxvii. 37. 


There are in this loud stunning tide 
Of human care and crime, 

With whom the melodies abide 
Of the everlasting chime : 

Who carry music in their heart, 

Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, 
Plying their daily task with busier feet, 

Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat. 

Keble. 


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thy servants grace, O Lord, that they be not 
slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving 
thee, in this world, that so at last they may enter into 
thine unspeakable rest, through the merits of thy Son, 
Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 


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JF any man will come after me, let him deny him¬ 
self, and take up his cross, and follow me. 

Matt. xvi. 24. 


We need not bid for cloistered cell 
Our neighbor and our work farewell : 

Nor strive to wind ourselves too high 
For sinful man beneath the sky. 

The trivial round, the common task, 

Will furnish all we ought to ask : 

Room to deny ourselves : a road 
To bring us, daily, nearer God. 

Keble. 


TlTE beseech thee, O Lord, that our earnest devotion 
may become fruitful through thy grace, for then 
shall our self-denial be profitable to us, if it is well- 
pleasing unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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JANUARY 28. 

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erly love. Rom. xii. io. 


O thou, the spirit of all love, 

The friend of kindly life, 

Thou wouldst not that our hearts should move 
With pangs of wrath and strife. 

Thou hatest hatred’s withering reign; 

In souls that discord maketh dark 
Dost thou rekindle love’s bright spark, 

And make them one again. 

Paul Gerhardt. 


O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings with¬ 
out charity are nothing worth ; send thy Holy Ghost, 
and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of char¬ 
ity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without 
which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. 
Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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JANUARY 29. 


AND he calleth his own sheep by name, and 
leadeth them out. John x. 3 . 


I love my shepherd’s voice, 

His watchful eyes shall keep 
My wandering soul among 
The thousands of his sheep : 

He feeds his flock ; he calls their names ; 
His bosom bears the tender lambs. 


Isaac Watts. 


THOU who art the good shepherd, who hast laid 
w down thy life for the sheep, be thou my shepherd, 
and I shall lack nothing in the green pastures wherein thou 
feedest me, until I am brought to the pastures of eter¬ 
nal life, to find there my name written in the Lamb’s 
book of life; for thine own blessed sake. Atnen. 




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JANUARY 30. 

TN all their afflictions he was afflicted : and the 
angel of his presence saved them : in his love 
and in his pity he redeemed them. 

Isaiah lxiii. 9. 


O love divine that stooped to share 
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, 

On thee we cast each earth-born care, — 

We smile at pain while thou art near ! 

On thee we fling our burdening woe, 

O love divine, forever dear : 

Content to suffer, while we know, 

Living and dying, thou art near ! 

Dr. O. W. Holmes. 


f \ THOU who art the comfort of the sad, and the 
^ strength of sufferers, let the prayers of those that 
cry out of any tribulation come unto thee, that all may 
rejoice to find thee present in their afflictions, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JANUARY 31. 


RETURN unto thy rest, O my soul. 

Psalm cxvi. 7. 


Let me be with thee where thou art, 

My Saviour, my eternal rest! 

Then only will this longing heart 
Be fully and forever blest! 

Let me be with thee where thou art, 

Thy unveiled glory to behold : 

Then only will this wandering heart 

Cease to be treacherous, faithless, cold ! 

Charlotte Elliot. 


S GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee 
such good things as pass man’s understanding: 
pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, lov¬ 
ing thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, 
which exceed all that we can desire ; through Jesus 
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FEBRUARY I. 


'T'HE Master is come, and calleth for thee. 

± John xi. 28. 


Master ! say on : thy words are sweet; 

I hush my heart to hear ; 

I wait in silence for thy voice 
That is so true and clear : 

It quiets all unrestful thought, 

It stills the throbbing brain, 

It soothes like hymn from mother-lips 
The weary ache of pain. 

H. Bowman. 


CPEAIv to our hearts, O Christ, as thou didst to thy 
^ followers of old. O loving and crucified Christ, re¬ 
deem us from our sins, that we may follow thee all our 
lives long, for thy blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 2. 


jDLESSED are the pure in hearty for they shall 
see God. * Matt. v. 8 . 


Blessed are the pure in heart, 
For they shall see our God : 
The secret of the Lord is theirs, 
Their soul is Christ’s abode. 

Still to the lowly soul 
He doth himself impart, 

And for his cradle and his throne 
Chooseth the pure in heart. 


Keble. 


A/TAKE us, O Lord, to flourish like pure lilies in the 
courts of thine house, and to show forth to the faith¬ 
ful the fragrance of good works, and the example of a 
godly life, through thy mercy, O Christ Jesus. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 3. 

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TJE that spared not his own Son, but delivered 
n him up for us all, how shall he not with him 
also freely give us all things ? Rom. viii. 32. 


Oh, shame beyond the bitterest thought 
That evil spirit ever framed, 

That sinners know what Jesus wrought, 

Yet feel their haughty hearts untamed : 

That souls in refuge, holding by the cross, 

Should wince and fret at this world’s little loss. 

Keble. 

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1WTAY the hope which thou hast given us,. O Lord, be 
•1YJ. our consolation in our low estate, as it will fill us 
with glory in the day of our rejoicing, through the merits 
of thine only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 4. 

—♦— 

jpOR ye have need of patience, that after ye have 
done the will of God, ye might receive the 
promise. Heb. x. 36. 


The highest hopes we cherish here, 

How fast they tire and faint! 

How many a spot defiles the robe 
That wraps an earthly saint! 

Oh, for a heart that never sins ! 

Oh, for a soul washed white ! 

Oh, for a voice to praise our king, 

Nor weary, day or night! 

Cecil Frances Alexander. 


CTIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy 
^ faithful people ; that they, plenteously bringing forth 
the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously re¬ 
warded, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 5. 


WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise 
shall continually be in my mouth. 

Psalm xxxiv. i. 


Through the love of God, our Saviour, 

All will be well : 

Free and changeless is his favor,— 

All, all is well ! 

Precious is the blood that healed us, 

Perfect is the grace that sealed us, 

Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us, — 
All must be well! 

Mary Bowly. 


LORD, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of 
all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly 
thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not 
only with our lips but in our lives ; by giving up our¬ 
selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holi¬ 
ness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord ; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 6. 


''THESE are they which came out of great tribu¬ 
lation, and have washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

Rev. vii. 14. 


The Son of God goes forth to war, 

A kingly crown to gain ; 

His blood-red banner streams afar : 

Who follows in his train ? 

Who best can drink his cup of woe, 
Triumphant over pain, 

Who patient bears his cross below, 

He follows in his train. Heber. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the spirits of 
those who depart hence in the Lord; and with 
whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered 
from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we 
give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all 
those thy servants, who, having finished their course in 
faith, do now rest from their labors, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 7. 

—•— 

AA 7 HAT shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
vv benefits toward me ? Psalm cxvi. 12. 


My Master and my Lord ! 

I long to do some work, some work for thee : 

I long to bring some lowly gift of love 
For all thy love to me ! 

The harvest-fields are white. 

Send me to gather there some scattered ears : 

I have no sickle bright, but I can glean 
And bind them in with tears. 

Hetty Bowman. 


A LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it 
cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true 
and laudable service ; grant, we beseech thee, that we 
may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not 
finally to attain thy heavenly promises, through the mer¬ 
its of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 9. 

—♦— 

A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great 
^ riches, and loving favor rather than silver and 
gold. Prov. xxii. i. 

So still the guileless man is blest, 

To him all crooked paths are straight: 

Him, on his way to endless rest 

Fresh, ever-growing strengths await. 

Oh, happy hours of heavenward thought, 

How richly crowned ! how well improved ! 

In musing o’er the law he taught, 

In waiting for the law he loved. Keble. 


-p\EFEND, O Lord, thy faithful servants with thy 
U heavenly grace, that they may continue thine for¬ 
ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more 
until they come unto thine everlasting kingdom. We 
ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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FEBRUARY 10. 


'YY^HEN I am weak, then I am strong. 

2 Cor. xii. io. 


I have no strength, dear Lord ! 

Oh, let me lie where I can kiss thy feet 
And look up from the dust into thine eyes, 

That are so true and sweet! 

And come, oh come, to me, 

And raise me to thine arms, and teach me there* 
The strange, deep secrets of thy love, and bend 
To listen this my prayer. 

Hetty Bowman. 


T ORD JESUS CHRIST, who didst stretch out thine 
hands upon the cross, and redeem us by thy blood, 
forgive our sins. Pardon we ask, pardon we hope for, 
pardon we trust to have. Thou who art pitiful and mer¬ 
ciful, spare and forgive us. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY II. 

—♦— 


AND Jesus said unto them, I 
life : he that cometh 


am the bread of 
he that cometh to me shall never hun¬ 
ger ; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

John vi. 35. 


Daily, O Lord, our prayers be said, 

As thou hast taught, for daily bread : 

But not alone our bodies feed : 

Supply our fainting spirits’ need ! 

O Bread of Life ! from day to day, 

Be thou their comfort, food, and stay ! 

Joseph Ansttce. 


/"A GOD, the Bread of Life, look upon us ; be thou the 
guardian of our bodies ; be thou the Saviour of our 
souls ; we ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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—•— 

CTAND fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith 
Christ hath made us free. Gal. v. i. 


I bless thy wise and wondrous love, 

Which binds us to be free ; 

Which makes us leave our earthly snares, 
That we may come to thee 1 
I come, I wait, I hear, I pray ! 

Thy footsteps, Lord, I trace ! 

I sing, to think this is the way 

Unto my Saviour’s face. John Mason. 


RANT us. Lord, not to mind earthly things, but to 
love things heavenly, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
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FEBRUARY 13. 

—♦— 

T^VE hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. 

i Cor. ii. 9. 


They whom we loved and lost so long ago, 
Dwell in those cities, far from mortal woe, 
Haunt those fresh woodlands, whence 
Sweet carollings soar, 

Eternal peace have they ; 

God wipes their tears away : 

They drink that river of life which flows for 
Evermore. 

Dublin University Magazine. 


ATAKE us, O loving Lord, partakers of thy paradise- 
joy, and grant us there to be numbered with thy 
saints in glory everlasting, for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 14. 

—•— 

JpOR the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord 
will give grace and glory; no good thing will 
he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

Psalm lxxxiv. n. 


If thou art my shield and my sun, 

The night is no darkness to me, 

And, fast as my minutes roll on, 

They bring me but nearer to thee. 

Thy smiles and thy comforts abound, 

Thy grace, as the dew, doth descend ; 

And walls of salvation surround 
The soul he delights to defend. 

Toplady. 


DE present, O Lord, to our prayers, and protect us by 
day and night: that in all successive changes of 
times we may ever be strengthened by thine unchange¬ 
ableness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 15. 

—♦— 

T ET us therefore come boldly unto the throne 
^ of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. Heb. iv. 16. 

The trials that those men do meet withal, 

That are obedient to the heavenly call, 

Are manifold, and suited to the flesh, 

And come, and come, and come again afresh : 

That now, or some time else, we by them may 
Be taken, overcome, and cast away, 

Oh let the pilgrims, let the pilgrims then, 

Be vigilant, and quit themselves like men. 

& Bunyan. 


O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so 
many and great dangers, that by reason of the 
frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; 
grant to us such strength and protection, as may support 
us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 16 


T SHALL be satisfied, when 
likeness. 


I awake, with thy 
Psalm xvii. 15. 


W hy should I murmur ? for the sorrow 
Thus only longer-lived would be : 

Its end may come, and will, to-morrow, 

When God has done his work in me ; 

So I say, trusting, — “ as God will! ” 

And, trusting to the end, hold still. 

Julius Sturm. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy ten- 
der love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our 
Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to 
suffer death upon the cross, that ail mankind should fol¬ 
low the example of his great humility ; mercifully grant, 
that we may both follow the example of his patience, 
and also be made partakers of his resurrection ; through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 17. 


T/LTHO is among you that feareth the Lord, that 
obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh 
in darkness, and hath no light ? let him trust in the 
name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 

Isaiah 1 . io. 


But flowers need night’s cool darkness, 
The moonlight and the dew ; 

So Christ, from one who loved it, 

His shining oft withdrew ; 

And then, for cause of absence, 

My troubled soul I scanned — 

But glory, shadeless, shineth 
In Immanuel’s land. 


/'"A MERCIFUL SAVIOUR, remove every cloud that 
now darkens my soul, and shine upon me, O thou 
Sun of Righteousness, with healing in thy wings. Take 
away all that hinders me from enjoying peace, and re¬ 
store unto me the joy of thy salvation, for thine own 
blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 18. 


XJE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
High, shall abide under the shadow of the Al¬ 
mighty. Psalm xci. i. 


It is a thought which ever makes 
Life’s sweetest smiles from tears ; 

It is a day-break to our hopes, 

A sunset to our fears. 

One while it bids the tears to flow, 

Then wipes them from the eyes ; 

Most often fills our soul with joy, 

And always sanctifies. 

Faber. 


A LMIGHTY LORD, who art a most strong tower to 
all those who put their trust in thee, be now and 
evermore our defence, we beseech thee, for our Lord 
Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Saviour and Redeemer. 
Amen. 

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FEBRUARY 19. 


TyHEN my spirit was overwhelmed within me, 
VV then thou knewest my path. 

Psalm cxlii. 3. 


It was no path of flowers 
Through this dark world of ours, 

Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread : 

And shall we in dismay 
Shrink from the narrow way, 

When clouds and darkness are around it spread ? 

S. E. Miles. 


T_TEAR, O Lord, our prayers, and enter not into judg- 
ment with thy servants : for we acknowledge thee 
the fountain of pity, whereby we trust to be delivered 
from our distresses, through the merits of our Saviour 
Jesus Christ thy Son. Ame 7 i. 




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FEBRUARY 20. 


^OW thanks be unto God, which always causeth 
us to triumph in Christ. 2 Cor. ii. 14. 


May thy rich grace impart 
Strength to my fainting heart, 

My zeal inspire ! 

As thou hast died for me, 

Oh, may my love to thee, 

Pure, warm and changeless be, — 

A living fire l 

Ray Palmer. 


TY/TAY thy perpetual gifts, O Lord, be confirmed to 
thy faithful servants, that, in receiving them, they 
may seek thee, and in seeking thee may endlessly re¬ 
ceive them, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 21. 


■COR with thee is the fountain of life : in thy 
light shall we see light. Psalm xxxvi. 9. 


O Holy Spirit, fount of breath, 

Whose comforts never fail nor fade, 
Vouchsafe the life that knows no death, 
Vouchsafe the light that knows no shade : 
And grant that we through all our days, 

May share thy gifts, and sing thy praise. 


T)E thou, O God, our protection, and watch over our 
paths with guiding love : that among the snares 
which lie hidden in our paths, we may so pass onward 
with hearts fixed on thee, that we may come to be for¬ 
ever with thee: we ask it for Jesus Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 22. 


p>UT rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of 
Christ’s sufferings ; that when his glory shall 
be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding 
joy. i Peter iv. 13. 


O thou who art our life, 

Be with us through the strife ! 

Thy own meek head by wildest storms was bowed ! 
Raise then our eyes above : 

To see a Father’s love 

Beam like a bow of promise, through the cloud. 

S. E. Miles. 


JESUS, my adorable Saviour, behold me prostrate 
' s - > ' at thy feet, imploring thy mercy. Grant that while 
I follow thee along the way of sorrows, my heart may be 
so touched with true contrition, that I may be willing to 
accept cheerfully for thy sake, all the sufferings of this 
thy pilgrimage on earth. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 24. 


AND we know that all things work together for 
good to them that love God. Rom. viii. 28. 


I love to think that God appoints 
My portion day by day ; 

Events of life are in his hand, 

And I would only say, 

Appoint them in thine own good time, 

And in thine own best way. 

A. L. Waring. 


LORD GOD, I give unto thee my body, soul, and 
spirit to be thine forever, in sickness and in health, 
in poverty and in wealth, in fulness and in want, in life 
and in death. Use me for thyself and for the glory of 
thy blessed Name. I am not mine own, but thine, there¬ 
fore claim me as thy right, keep me as thy charge, love 
me as thy child, for my Redeemer’s sake. Amen. 




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FEBRUARY 25. 



rrOR he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor 
forsake thee. Heb. xiii. 5. 


Oh, what a well of comfort springs 
From faith, to look on earthly things 
With calm, untroubled eye ! 

How rich the heart when it can go 
In every change and chance below, 
And say, Thou, Lord, art nigh ! 


O 


INFINITE GOODNESS ! I thank thee from my 
inmost heart for all thy blessings which thou hast so 
bountifully bestowed upon me, who am so unworthy : 
give me such trust in thee, that I may ever feel thee at 
hand to guide and to strengthen me, for my Saviour’s 
sake. Amen . 


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FEBRUARY 26. 


TY/TY meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be 
glad in the Lord. Psalm civ. 34. 


Only to sit and think of God, 

Oh, what a joy it is ! 

To think the thought, to breathe the name, 
Earth has no higher bliss ! 

There’s not a craving in the mind 
He does not meet and still; 

There’s not a wish the heart can have 
Which he does not fulfil. 

Faber. 


YY THOU who art the true light of faithful souls, and 
perfect brightness of the blessed, grant that our 
hearts may both render unto thee thanksgiving and alway 
glorify thee with the offering of praises, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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FEBRUARY 27. 

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T EAD me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou 
^ art the God of my salvation: on thee do I wait 
all the day. Psalm xxv. 5. 


I would not have the restless will 
That hurries to and fro, 

Seeking for some great thing to do, 
Or secret thing to know : 

I would be dealt with as a child, 
And guided where to go. 


A. L. Waring. 


DE thou, Lord, ever with me, within and without: to 
-E* strengthen and guard, to guide and stablish me : 
thus shall I be thy loving child, and thou my Divine Mas¬ 
ter, and my life shall be service on earth, and joy in par¬ 
adise. I ask it for my Saviour’s sake. Amen. 




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—•— 

yHE night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let 
us therefore cast off the works of darkness, 
and let us put on the armor of light. 

Rom. xiii. 12. 


Think not of rest: though dreams be sweet: 
Start up and ply your heavenward feet. 

Is not God’s oath upon your head, 

Ne’er to sink back on slothful bed ? 

Never again your loins untie, 

Nor let your torches waste and die, 

Till, when the shadows thickest fall, 

Ye hear your Master’s midnight call! 

Keble. 


T ORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to 
^ withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, 
and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow 
thee, the only God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 


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FEBRUARY 29. 


T ET not your heart be troubled; ye believe in 
God, believe also in me. 

In my Father’s house are many mansions, if it 
were not so, I would have told you. I go to pre¬ 


pare a place for you. 


John xiv. i, 2. 


Christ leads me through no darker rooms 
Than he went through before ; 

He that unto God’s kingdom comes 
Must enter by this door. 

My knowledge of that life is small ; 

The eye of faith is dim ; 

But it’s enough that Christ knows all, 


And I shall be with him! 


Richard Baxter. 


GOD, the King of Glory, we beseech thee to leave 
^ us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy 
Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us to the same place 
whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, 
world without end. Amen. 


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MARCH I. 

—•— 

I^EAR not: for I have redeemed thee, I have 
called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. 

Isaiah xliii. i. 


Forsake me not, my God ! 

Uphold me in my going ; 

That evermore I may 
Please thee in all well-doing : 

And that thy will, O Lord, 

May never be forgot, 

In all my works and ways, 

My God, forsake me not! 

From the German. 


GOD, pardon what I have been, sanctify what I 
am, and order what I shall be : that thine may be 
the glory and mine the salvation, for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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MARCH 2. 


YLTHATSOEVER ye do, do it heartily, as to the 
Lord, and not unto men. Col. iii. 23. 


Strive, when thou art called of God, 

When he draws thee by his grace, 

Strive to cast away the load 
That would clog thee in the race ! 

Art thou faithful ? Stand apart 

From all worldly hope and pleasure ; 
Yonder fix your hopes and heart, 

On the heaven where lies our treasure. 

Winkler, 1703. 


A LMIGHTY LORD, grant to those thy servants, 
who have put on Christ, that they be defended 
against all adversities, and may ever prove themselves 
good soldiers of Jesus Christ, through his merits, who 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, we worship as one God, 
world without end. Amen. 


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MARCH 3. 


’^y^HY art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why 
art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : 
for I shall yet praise him for the help of his coun¬ 


tenance. 


Psalm xlii. 5. 


Fever, and fret, and aimless stir, 

And disappointed strife, 

All chafing, unsuccessful things 
Make up the sum of life. 

Sweet thought of God l'now do thy work, 
As thou hast done before : 

Wake up, and tears will wake with thee, 
And the dull mood be o’er. 


Faber. 


me, O Lord, beyond all objects of desire, to 


rest in thee, and to still my heart to perfect peace 
in thee. Out of thee all is restless and unquiet : in this 
peace, that is in thyself alone, may I find true rest, for 
the merciful Jesu’s sake. Amefi. 


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MARCH 4. 


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thy heart with all diligence, for out of it 
the issues of life. Prov. iv. 23. 


O thou who hast at thy command 
The hearts of all men in thy hand ! 

These wayward, erring hearts incline 
To have no other will but thine. 

Our wishes, our desires control: 

Mould every purpose of the soul: 

O’er all may we victorious be, 

That stands between ourselves and thee ! 



CoTTERILL. 


O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to 
please thee ; mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit 
may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 5. 


jYJY times are in thy hand. 


Psalm xxxi. 15. 


Father of love, our guide and friend, 

Oh lead us gently on, 

Until life’s trial-time shall end, 

And heavenly peace be won ! 

We know not what the path may be 
As yet by us untrod ; 

But we can trust our all to thee, 

Our Father and our God ! 

William Henry Irons. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern 
all things in heaven and earth, mercifully hear the 
supplications of thy servants, and grant us thy peace all 
the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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MARCH 6. 


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blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he 
audeth no sorrow with it. Prov. x. 22. 


All my life I still have found, 

And I will forget it never, 

Every sorrow hath its bound, 

And no cross endures forever. 
After all the winter snows, 

Comes sweet summer back again; 
Patient souls ne’er wait in vain : 
Joy is given for all our woes : 

All things else have but their day, 
God’s love only lasts for aye ! 


/'A LIFE-GIVING Master, and bestower of good 
things, may we be evermore guarded by thy power, 
and guided into the light of truth, and thus render unto 
thee a constant thanksgiving, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 



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MARCH 7. 


XJE was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
L bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of 
our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are 
healed. Isaiah liii. 5. 


Thou art a gentle and most loving Lamb, 
Wounded to give us balm ; 

And still wherever sin doth reign 
Thou day by day art slain. 

When will man cease to give thee pain ? 

A. E. Hamilton. 


O LAMB of God, who takest away the sins of the 
world : grant us thy peace ! O Lamb of God who 
takest away the sins of the world : have mercy upon us. 
Amen. 




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MARCH 8. 


TyHOM have I in heaven but thee ? and there is 
none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 

Psalm lxxiii. 25. 


No pride of self thy service hath, 

No place for me and mine ; 

Our human strength is weakness ; death 
Our life, apart from thine. 

Apart from thee all gain is loss, 

All labor vainly done ; 

The solemn shadow of thy cross 
Is better than the sun. 


Whittier. 


O 


MOST sweet Jesus Christ, we, unworthy sinners, 
yet redeemed by thy precious blood, call to memory 
all the good works thou wroughtest on earth for our sal¬ 
vation, and beseech thee to make us truly grateful unto 
thee, for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 


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MARCH 9. 


J 70 R God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to 
obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we 
should live together with him. Wherefore com¬ 
fort yourselves together. i Thess. v. 9, 10, n. 


Death comes to set thee free : 
Oh, meet him cheerily 
As thy true friend : 

And all thy fears shall cease, 
And in eternal peace 
Thy penance end. 


Fouque. 


T)E thou, O Jesus, our mediator and advocate with the 
Father. Deal mercifully with us in the last hour 
of our lives: be gracious unto us sinners, for into thy 
hands, O Lord, we would commend our spirits. Amen. 


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MARCH 10. 

— * — 


TF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. i John i. 9. 


Father ! with contrite grief 
And bitterness of heart we must confess 
How much our good is mingled, 

Its best and greatest, with sin’s littleness, 

Our eye how little singled — 

Sunlight and shadow on the self-same leaf. 

& A. E. H. 


A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have 
erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. 
Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults : re¬ 
store thou those who are penitent, according to thy 
promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. Amen. 




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MARCH II. 



"J^HEREFORE are they before the throne of 
God, and serve him day and night in his tem¬ 
ple ; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell 
among them. Rev. vii. 15. 

Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! 

It is not to behold 
The glory of thy jasper walls, 

Thy streets of purest gold ! 

But oh, than all thy streets can boast, 

My eager eyes would see, 

Jesus, the precious Lamb of God, 

Who died to ransom me ! 

George H. Houghton. 


/^OME, blessed Spirit, and reveal to my soul the ex- 
^ ceeding great power and beauty of heavenly things. 
Teach me to love them above the passing things of 
earth, and show me how I may attain to them forever, 
for the blessed Saviour’s sake. Amen. 


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MARCH 12. 

—♦— 


XJE giveth power to the faint: and to them that 
have no might he increaseth strength. 

Isaiah xl. 29. 


Let but my fainting heart be blest 
With thy sweet spirit for its guest, 

My God, to thee I leave the rest! 

Thy will be done ! 

Renew my will from day to day, 

Blend it with thine ; and take away 
All that now makes it hard to say 
Thy will be done. 

Charlotte Elliott. 


/^UIDE us in thy way, O Christ, and mercifully show 
the fountain of wisdom to our thirsting minds ; that 
we may be free from sorrowful heaviness, and may drink 
in the sweetness of life eternal, through thine own merits 
and intercession. Amen. 


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MARCH 13. 


YU'HEN thou passest through the waters, I will be 
with thee: and through the rivers, they shall 
not overflow thee : when thou walkest through 
the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the 
flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah xliii. 2. 


Every phase of human sorrow fills the path we tread 
to-day, 

Harps are hanging on the willows, souls are fainting by 
the way; 

But there still is balm in Gilead, and though here on 
earth we weep, 

God within the many mansions, giveth his beloved sleep. 


GOD, our refuge in pains, our strength in weak- 
ness, our help in tribulations, our solace in tears; 
spare thy people who trust in thee, and deliver them out 
of tribulation, for our Redeemer’s sake. Amen. 


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MARCH 14. 

—♦—- 


TLJOW excellent is thy loving kindness, O God, 
11 therefore the children of men put their trust 


under the shadow of thy wings. 


Psalm xxxvi. 7. 


My God, the spring of all my joys, 
The life of my delights, 

The glory of my brightest days, 
And comfort of my nights. 


In darkest shades if he appear, 

My dawning is begun : 

He is my soul’s sweet morning-star, 

And he my rising sun. 

Isaac Watts, 1709. 


TITE beseech thee, O Lord, in thy loving-kindness to 
* * pour thy holy light into our souls : that we may 
ever be devoted to thee, by whose wisdom we were cre¬ 
ated and by whose providence we are governed. We 
ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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MARCH 15. 


fOME unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy- 
laden, and I will give you rest. 

Matt. xi. 28. 


O most merciful, 

O most bountiful, 

God the Father almighty ! 

By the Redeemer’s 
Sweet intercession, 

Hear us, help us, when we cry! 


Heber. 


CHRIST, Son of God, whom God the Father gave 
up for all, when he received thee as a true sacrifice 
for us: receive the desires of thy people : save those 
whom thou hast redeemed, give life to those whom thou 
hast delivered, and at last, everlasting joy in the life to 
come, for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 


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MARCH 16. 

-•- 


and 


THE very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; 

^ I pray God your whole spirit and soul and 
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. i Thess. v. 23. 


Soft as the fall of sea-bird on the billow’s crest, 
The Holy Ghost doth lighten on a sinner’s breast, 
Calming its passions into rest. 

Spread thou within my heart, O Holy Dove, 

The pure white pinions of thy love. 

Nor may one wave of sin 
Mar thy repose therein. 

A. E. Hamilton. 


O 


GOD the Father, good beyond all that is good, fair 
beyond all that is fair, in whom is peace, keep us 
both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls, 
through the grace, mercy, and tenderness of thine only 
begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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MARCH 17. 

—«— 

in the shadow of thy wings will I make my 
refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 

Psalm lvii. i. 


I DO not ask that God shall always make 
My pathway light: 

I only pray that he will hold my hand 
Throughout the night: 

I do not hope to have the thorns removed 
That pierce my feet: 

I only ask to find his blessed arms 
My safe retreat. 


GOD, who scourgest our faults with strokes of love, 
^ in order to cleanse us from our iniquities : grant us 
both to profit by thy chastening, and speedily to rejoice 
in thy consolation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Ameti. 




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MARCH 

—•— 


18 . 


A NAME which is above every name. 

^ Phil. ii. 9. 


Author and Guardian of my life, 

Sweet source of light divine, 

And all harmonious names in one, 

My Saviour ! thou art mine ! 

What thanks I owe thee, and what love, 

A boundless, endless store, 

Shall echo through the realms above 
When time shall be no more ! 

Wm. Cowper, 1779. 


O 


GOD, who hast made the most glorious Name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ thine only begotten Son, to be 
supremely lovable to thy faithful servants, mercifully 
grant that all who venerate this name of Jesus on earth, 
may receive comfort in this life, and in the life to come 
never eliding joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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MARCH 19. 


CEEK the Lord, and his strength : seek his face 
evermore. Psalm cv. 4. 


Oh, make us apt to seek, and quick to find, 

Thou God most kind ! 

Give us love, hope, and faith in thee to trust, 

Thou God most just! 

Remit all our offences we entreat, 

Most good, most great! 

Grant that our willing, though unworthy quest, 
May, through thy grace, admit us ’mongst the blest. 

Thomas Heywood. 


RANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faith- 
ful people pardon and peace, that they may be 
cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet 
mind ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 20. 


—♦— 

r PHE Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy 
1 works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand 
unto. Deut. xv. io. 


Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, 

My daily labor to pursue ; 

Thee, only thee, resolved to know, 

In all I think, or speak, or do. 

Give me to bear thy easy yoke, 

And every moment watch and pray ; 

And still to things eternal look, 

And hasten to thy glorious day. 

Charles Wesley. 


O LORD JESUS, in union with thy most perfect ac¬ 
tions, I commend to thee my works of this day, to 
be directed according to thy will. Amen. 

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MARCH 21. 

—•— 


PVERY good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of 
lights. James i. 17. 


Each tender gift 
Our God doth give 
Our hearts should lift 
Nearer, 

To thee in whom we “ move and live,” 


Making our Father dearer. 


A. E. H. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom com- 
eth every good and perfect gift, send down upon thy 
servants the healthful spirit of thy grace, and pour upon 
them the continual dew of thy blessing, for the honor of 
our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Christ. Amen. 




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MARCH 22. 


T^EAR none of those things which thou shalt 
r suffer. Rev. ii. io. 


I ne’er took up the cross 
But Christ my Saviour bore 
The heaviest end, and all the weight 
While leading on before. 


O JESUS ! I thank thee that thou hast permitted me 
to suffer with thee ; may it be my privilege to bear 
my cross, and may I glory in nothing else : by it may the 
world be crucified unto me, and I unto the world; may I 
never shrink from suffering, but rather rejoice if I be 
counted worthy to suffer for thy Name’s sake. Amen. 


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—♦— 

T 2 LESSED are the merciful: for they shall ob¬ 
tain mercy. Matt. v. 7. 


O stream of love ! 

If thou shouldst come upon a rock of hate, 
Rippling around it softly move 
And wait 

Till, by the rains of grace from heaven fed 
Thou shalt thy waves of mercy o’er it spread. 

A. E. H. 


MOST loving Jesus, pattern of charity, grant that 
the grace of charity and brotherly love may dwell in 
us, and all envy, harshness, and ill-will may die in us : 
and fill our hearts with such kindness, that by constantly 
rejoicing in the happiness and good success of others, 
and putting away all envious thoughts, we may follow 
thee, who art thyself the true and perfect love. Amen. 


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MARCH 24. 

—♦— 


fTXCEPT ye be converted, and become as little 
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. Matt, xviii. 3. 


Lamb of God, I look to thee : 

Thou shalt my example be : 

Thou art gentle, meek, and mild : 

Thou wast once a little child. 

Fain I would be as thou art: 

Give me thy obedient heart ! 

Thou art pitiful and kind : 

Let me have thy loving mind ! 

Charles Wesley. 


'T'HAT it may please thee to give all thy people in- 
-*■ crease of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to re¬ 
ceive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits 
of the Spirit, we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
Amen. 


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MARCH 25. 

—♦— 

T OEHOLD the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto 
me according to thy word. Luke i. 38. 


Yea, my spirit fain would sink 
In thy heart and hands, my God, 

Waiting till thou show the end 
Of the ways that thou hast trod : 

Stripped of self, how calm my rest 

On my loving Father’s breast ! Winkler. 


"\YTE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our 
v * hearts ; that as we have known the incarnation of 
thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by 
his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory 
of his resurrection ; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 26. 


eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath 
are the everlasting arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27. 


When I am feeble as a child, 

And flesh and heart give way, 
Then on thy everlasting strength, 
With passive trust I stay, 

And the rough wind becomes a song 
The darkness shines like day. 



A. L. Waring. 


T ORD, strengthen me to bear my cross patiently, hum- 
bly, lovingly: if I sink under it, look on me, and 
raise me up. Give what thou commandest, and com¬ 
mand what thou wiliest, only make me wholly patient, 
for love of thee, O Jesus ! Amen. 


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MARCH 27. 


^/ITHOUT me ye can do nothing. 


John xv. 5. 


The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed 
If thou the spirit give by which I pray: 

My unassisted heart is barren clay, 

That of itself can nothing feed : 

Of good and pious works thou art the seed, 
That quickens only where thou sayest it may : 
Unless thou show to us thy own true way, 

No man can find it: Father, thou must lead. 


Wm. Wordsworth. 


LORD, we beseech thee let thy continual pity 
cleanse and defend thy church ; and, because it can¬ 
not continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it 
evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 28. 


T ET the words of my mouth, and the meditation 
^ of my heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, 
O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. 

Psalm xix. 14. 


As from the bowed-down branches of the trees 
Snow in the sunshine melteth by degrees, 

Leaving them free to rise 
Once more towards the skies, 

So in the brightness of thy glance divine 
May sin melt swiftly from this soul of mine. 

J A. E. H. 


IVE strength, O Lord, to those who seek thee, and 
^ continually pour into their souls the holy desire of 
seeking thee, that they who long to see thy face may 
not crave the world’s pernicious pleasure : through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 29. 


T~)EAL courageously, and the Lord shall be with 
the good. 2 Chron. xix. 11. 


If thou love him, 

Walking truly in his ways, 

Then no trouble, cross, or death, 

Shakes thy heart or quells thy praise : 

All things serve thee here beneath, 

If thou love God. 

Austen Ulrich, 1667. 


/"''RANT us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in thee 
with all our heart: seeing that thou dost not for¬ 
sake those who make their boast of thy mercy : through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MARCH 30. 


"pOR even hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an exam¬ 
ple, that ye should follow his steps. 

i Peter ii. 21. 


This world is drear 
Until we realize 
That thou were here, 

And one of us. 

Lord Jesus, thus 
Thy presence sanctifies, 

With all its sorrow and its strife, 
Our human life. 


A. H. 


JESUS, who didst will to assume our lowly flesh, 
that thou mightest leave to us an example of humil¬ 
ity, and make us steadfast in all manner of sufferings, 
make us to follow thee in all things, for thine own 
Name’s sake. Amen. 




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MARCH 31. 

— ♦ ■ ■ 

T70R what is your life ? It is even a vapor, that 
appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth 
away. James iv. 14 . 


'T is not for man to trifle : life is brief, 

And sin is here. 

Our age is but the falling of a leaf — 

A dropping tear. 

We have no time to sport away the hours, 

All must be earnest in a world like ours. 

Bonar. 


ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the un- 
ruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto 
thy people, that they may love the thing which thou 
commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; 
that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the 
world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true 
joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 




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APRIL 


TVTEVERTHELESS, not what I will, but what 
^ thou wilt. Mark xiv. 36. 


When we behold 

God walking through our household fold, 

And choosing there one of his own dear sheep. 
Whom we would keep, 

How can our eyes forbear to weep ? 

E. H. 


'T'HOU, O merciful Father, knowest our sufferings, our 
sorrows, our tears : look upon us and succor us, 


for of ourselves we could not bear thy chastisement. 
Make us to be conformed unto thy will, for the sake of 
Jesus our compassionate Saviour. Amen. 


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APRIL 2. 

—♦— 

a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day 
that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; 
so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them 
out of all places where they have been scattered in 
the cloudy and dark day. Ezek. xxxiv. 12. 


Souls of men, why will ye scatter 
Like a crowd of frightened sheep ? 

Foolish hearts, why will ye wander 
From a love so true and deep ? 

Was there ever kindest shepherd 
Half so gentle, half so sweet, 

As the Saviour, who would have us 
Come and gather round his feet ? 

Faber. 


'T'URN thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be 
turned. Spare thy people, good Lord, spare them, 
and let not thine heritage be brought to confusion, for 
the sake of thy Son, Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 3. 

—•— 

TF thou canst believe, all things are possible to 
him that believeth. Mark ix. 23. 


Faith is a grasping of Almighty Power ; 
The hand of man laid on the arm of God; 
The grand and blessed hour 
In which the things impossible to me, 
Become the possible, O Lord, through thee. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the 
increase of faith, hope, and charity ; and, that we 
may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to 
love that which thou dost command; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 4. 


—♦— 

J-JIM that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast 
out. John vi. 37. 


Weary of earth, and laden with my sin, 

I look at heaven, and long to enter in ; 

But there, no evil thing may find a home, 

And yet I hear a voice that bids me “ Come.” 

It is the voice of Jesus that I hear : 

His are the hands stretched out to draw me near, 
And his the blood that can for all atone, 

And set me faultless there before the throne. 

Samuel J. Stone. 


f~\ LORD my God, do thou give me the spirit of true 
repentance, and assist me by thy grace to turn unto 
thee for succor and help in every time of need. Create 
in me a new heart, and renew a right spirit within me, — 
so shall I receive pardon at thy hands for Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 


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APRIL 5 


M Y 


-♦— 

covenant was with him of life and peace. 

Mal. ii. 5. 


Firm against every doubt of thee 
For all my future way — 

To walk in Heaven’s eternal light 
Throughout the changing day. 

Ah! such a day as thou shalt own 
When suns have ceased to shine ! 

A day of burdens borne by thee, 

And work that all was thine. 

A. L. Waring. 


O THOU who hast so often commanded me to ask, 
and promised to give, surely thou wilt give me that 
which I shall ask, that I may hope in thee with my 
whole heart. Though the hosts of this world rise against 
me, O my Hope, my Life, yet I will trust thee, for my 
Redeemer’s sake. Amen. 


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APRIL 6. 


"pHE life which I now live in the flesh, I live by 
the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and 
gave himself for me. Gal. ii. 20. 


Give me, thou glorious Lamb of God, 

Daily to walk where thou hast trod ; 

And in adoring rapture grow, 

As in thy lowly steps I go. 

Give me to ponder more and more, 

Thy words, and thy example’s lore, 

That walking here, my God, with thee, 

Still, as my days, my strength may be. 

A. C. Coxb. 


A LMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to 
be unto us both a sacrifice for sin and also an en- 
sample of godly life ; give us grace that we may always 
most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and 
also daily endeavor ourselves to follow the blessed steps, 
of his most holy life ; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 7. 

—♦— 

REJOICE at thy word, as one that findeth 
great spoil. Psalm cxix. 162. 


Thou art all health : health thriving till it make 

A full eternity. Thou art a mass 

Of strange delights, where we may wish and take. 

Stars are poor books : and oftentimes do miss : 

This book of stars lights to eternal bliss. 

George Herbert. 


"DLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures 
-C* to be written for our learning : grant that we may 
in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly 
digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy 
Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed 
hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

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APRIL 8. 


AND the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and 
come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy 
upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and glad¬ 
ness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

Isaiah xxxv. io. 


Joy and gladness banish sighs, 

Perfect love dispels their fears ; 

And forever from their eyes, 

God shall wipe away their tears. 

Montgomery. 


RANT, O merciful Lord, that when we shall have 
served thee in our generation, we may be gathered 
unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good con¬ 
science ; in the communion of the catholic church ; in 
the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a 
reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favor with thee, 
our God, and in perfect charity with the world. All 
which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 9. 

—♦— 

HTHE Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. 

Psalm cxxxviii. 8. 


To thee, O Jesus, I direct my eyes, 

To thee my hands, to thee my humble knees. 

To thee my heart shall offer sacrifice. 

To thee my thoughts, who my thoughts only sees : 
To thee myself, myself and all I give : 

To thee I die, — to thee I only live. 

Sir Walter Raleigh. 


O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us ; and 
grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty 
desire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and 
comforted in all dangers and adversities ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 


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APRIL 10. 

—»— 

jpOR our light affliction, which is but for a mo¬ 
ment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and 
eternal weight of glory. 

The things which are seen are temporal: but the 
things which are not seen are eternal. 

2 Cor. iv. 17, 18. 


For us, whatever’s undergone, 

Thou know’st, wiliest what is done; 

Grief may be joy misunderstood ; 

Only the good discerns the good. 

I trust thee, while my days go on. 

E. B. Browning. 


LORD our God, who alone foreseest and bestowest 
things needful for our salvation, do thou bestow, we 
pray thee, on our souls, the hearty desire of imploring 
thy mercy, and graciously vouchsafe us what will be for 
our good ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 


HTHY shoes shall be iron and brass : and as thy 
^ days, so shall thy strength be. 

Deut. xxxiii. 25. 


God may not smooth the path alway, 

Or take the stones and thorns away : 

But “ iron and brass my shoes shall be,” 

To tread right onward steadfastly: 

So shall I walk, and never faint, 

Upheld by cheerful love’s constraint. 

M. K. A. S. 


RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that press- 
ing onwards in thy way with devout minds, we may 
escape the snares of the sins that beset us, and walk 
cheerfully in the way of thy commandments, for Jesus’ 
sake. Amen. 


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APRIL 12. 


—«— 

J70R so he giveth his beloved sleep. 

Psalm cxxvii. 2. 


Blessed is the turf, serenely blessed, 

Where throbbing hearts may sink to rest; 
Where life’s long journey turns to sleep, 

Nor ever pilgrim wakes to weep. 

Leigh Hunt. 


TWTAY our souls depart out of this world, in the name 
of God the Father Almighty, who created us; in 
the name of Jesus Christ, who suffered for us; in the 
name of the Holy Ghost who hath been poured into us ; 
may our place in the day of death be peace, and our 
habitation in the heavenly Jerusalem ! We ask it for 
Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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APRIL 13. 

—•— 


AND grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, where¬ 
by ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

Eph. iv. 30. 


Holy Spirit, given 
For our guide to heaven, 

Sent by love divine : 

With thy peace consoling, 

Every ill controlling, 

On our darkness shine ! 

Faith and hope and love increasing, 
Fill our hearts with joy unceasing. 


TX7E beseech thee, O Lord, let the power of the Holy 
V V Spirit be present with us, that it may both merci¬ 
fully cleanse our hearts and protect us from all adver¬ 
sities, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 




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APRIL 14. 


jgELOVED, if God so loved us, we ought also to 
love one another. i John iv. n. 


God scatters love on every side : 

Freely, among his children all : 

And always hearts are lying open wide, 

Wherein some grains may fall. 

J. R. Lowell. 


GOD, who art the author of love, and the lover of 
pure peace and affection, give us grace so to walk 
through life, that we may ever be sowing the seed of di¬ 
vine truth in the hearts of our fellow-men, that they may 
be fruitful in all good works, for the sake of Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 15. 


"THE beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety 
1 by him. Deut. xxxiii. 12. 


With mercy and with judgment 
My web of life he wove, 

And, aye, the dews of sorrow 
Were lustred with his love : 

I ’ll bless the hand that guided, 

I ’ll bless the heart that planned 
When throned where glory dwelleth, 
In Immanuel’s land. 


O MOST merciful Lord, most tender Father, do thou 
govern, protect, preserve, sanctify, guide, console 
thy servants, that they may ever be kept in perfect peace, 
for the sake of Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen. 


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APRIL 16. 


r J''HOU, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. Psalm lxxxvi. 5. 


Lord, on us thy Spirit pour, 

Kneeling lowly at thy door, 

Ere it close for evermore. 

On thy love we rest alone, 

And that love will then be known 
By the pardoned round thy throne. 

I. Williams. 


I) EMEMBER thy compassions, O Lord, and sanctify 
^ with eternal protection thy servants, for whom Christ 
thy Son didst shed his most precious blood, and save us 
for his sake. Amen. 




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APRIL 17. 



T REMEMBER the days of old ; I meditate on 
1 all thy works; I muse on the work of thy 
’ ’ Psalm cxliii. 5. 


hands. 


The clouds that gather round the setting sun 
Do take a sober coloring from an eye 
That hath kept watch o’er man’s mortality : 
Another race hath been, and palms are won. 

Thanks to the human heart by which we live : 
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its fears : 

To me the meanest flower that blows, can give 
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. 

Wordsworth. 


/"A GOD, whose days are without end, and whose mer- 
cies cannot be numbered : make us, we beseech thee, 
deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of hu¬ 
man life, and let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this 
vale of misery in holiness and righteousness all our 
lives, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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APRIL 18. 

—•— 

A N D they began to be sorrowful and to say unto 
^ him one by one, Is it I ? and another said, 
Is it I ? Mark xiv. 19. 


Oh break, oh break, hard heart of mine ! 

Thy weak self-love and guilty pride 
His Pilate and his Judas were : 

Jesus, our love, is crucified ! 

A broken heart, a fount of tears, 

Ask and they will not be denied: 

A broken heart love’s cradle is, 

Jesus, our love, is crucified. Faber. 


O INNOCENT Jesus, who with wonderful submis¬ 
sion wast for our sakes condemned to die. Make 
us to bear in mind that our sins crucified thee, and may 
this thought touch our hearts and make us hate those 
sins which caused thy death. Amen. 


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APRIL 19. 


TUILT thou not from this time cry unto me, My 
VV father, thou art the guide of my youth ? 

Jer. iii. 4. 


Let me above all, fulfil 

God my Heavenly Father’s will : 

Never his good Spirit grieve ; 

Only to his glory live ! 

I shall then show forth thy praise : 

Serve thee all my happy days : 

Then the world shall always see 
Christ the holy Child in me. 

Charles Wesley, 1740. 


PRESERVE me, O 

child of God, and an heir of the kingdom of heaven, 
that through thy good mercy I may so faithfully serve 
thee in this life, that in the world to come I may have 
life everlasting. I ask it for thine own Name’s sake. 
Amen. 


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APRIL 20. 

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''P'HEY shall look on him whom they pierced. 

John xix. 37. 


My Jesus, day by day, 

Help me to watch and pray 
Beside the tomb where in my heart thou ’rt laid. 
Thy bitter death shall be 
My constant memory, 

My guide at last into death’s awful shade. 

S. Franck, 1711. 


Y^RANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the 
death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may 
be buried with him ; and that through the grave, and 
gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; 
for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again 
for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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APRIL 21. 


TF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things 
1 which are above, where Christ sitteth on the 


right hand of God. 


Col. iii. i. 


Bury my dead faith in thy tomb ! 

Wake me with thee to life ! 

Bid me, my King, gird on my sword, 

And never quit the strife, 

Till in thy strength, my warfare past, 

Thou call’st my soul to thee, 

On “ through the grave and gate of death ” 
To endless victory. 


VXTE give thee thanks, O God the Father, who hast de- 
* ^ livered us from the power of darkness, and trans¬ 
lated us into the kingdom of thy Son: grant therefore, 
we pray thee, that as by his death he has recalled us to 
life, he may raise us up in his love to joys eternal, for 
his sake who is the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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APRIL 22. 


J^UT unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun 
of righteousness arise with healing in his 
wings. Mal. iv. 2. 


The sunlight takes the hue 
Of whatsoever shade it shineth through, 

Crimson or blue: 

And thus we find 

The one great Light, which lighteth all mankind, 
Taketh a varied coloring from each mind. 

A. E. H. 


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LIGHT of light, O Brightness indescribable, Christ 
our God, who having overcome the prince of dark¬ 
ness, didst return to thy throne on high, grant to us thy 
suppliants, amid this dark world, the full outpouring of 
thy splendor, and at last admit us to a place at thy right 
hand, for thine own blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 

























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let us not be weary in well-doing, for in 
due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 

Gal. vi. 9. 


There is, in every human heart, 

Some not completely barren part. 

Where seeds of love and truth might grow, 

And flowers of generous virtue blow ; 

To plant, to watch, to water these, — 

This be our duty, — this our care ! 

John Bowring. 


■V/TERCIFUL Jesus, make speed to aid thy servants 
who are assaulted by manifold temptations ; and as 
thou knowest their several infirmities, let each one find 
thee mighty to save, who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 


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APRIL 24. 


TOEHOLD ! I stand at the door and knock. 

^ Rev. iii. 20. 


O patient hand ! 

Knocking and waiting — 

Open, O happy young, ere yet the hand 
Of him that knocks, wearied at last, forbear, 

The patient foot its thankless quest, refrain, 

The wounded heart for evermore withdraw ! 

Jean Ingklow. 


T) ECEIVE us, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy 
^ well beloved Son: that we may come at last into 
the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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APRIL 25. 

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J ORD, increase our faith. 


Luke xvii. 5. 


Our little systems have their day ; 

They have their day and cease to be ; 

They are but broken lights of thee, 

And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 

We have but faith ; we cannot know ; 

For knowledge is of things we see ; 

And yet we trust it comes from thee ; 

A beam in darkness : let it grow. 

Tennyson. 


CTRENGTHEN our faith, O Jesus, that we may look 
^ to thee as the Life, the Truth, and the Way: give us 
an unwavering trust in thee, that our souls may be forever 
enlightened by thy heavenly light. Amen. 


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APRIL 26. 

—>— 


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forbid that I should glory, save in the cross 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world 
is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 

Gal. vi. 14. 


All service should be done for thee 
In meek humility, 

And awe most sweet, 

That thou shouldst take, 

E’er for thy Son Christ Jesus’ sake, 
Service from servants so unmeet. 


A. E. H. 


T-TAVE mercy on us, O Lord, and grant that we, rising 
above all the evils of this sinful world, may walk 
before thee in newness of life, and may serve thee with 
a pure and steadfast heart, until we come unto thy 
heavenly kingdom: we ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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APRIL 27. 


JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 

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Matt. vii. i. 


Dark is the glass through which we see each other, 
We may not judge a brother. 

We only see the rude and outer strife, 

God knows the hidden life. 

Where we our voice in condemnation raise, 

God may see fit to praise ; 

And those from whom, like Pharisees, we shrink, 
With Christ may eat and drink. 

E. H. 


O GOD, mercifully forgive all that my heart has ever 
offended in through evil intention, or perversity of 
will; engraft my frail heart on thine own, O merciful 
Jesus, then shall I ever be kind in judgment, forgiving, 
as I hope to be forgiven. Amen. 


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APRIL 29. 


—♦— 

T OVE worketh no ill to his neighbor, therefore 
love is the fulfilling of the law. Rom. xiii. io. 


He prayeth well who loveth well 
Both man and bird and beast. 

He prayeth best, who loveth best 
All things both great and small; 

For the dear God who loveth us, 

He made and loveth all. 

S. T. Coleridge. 


GOD, the author and giver of true blessedness, 
guide us into the path of the undefiled, that, seek¬ 
ing the testimonies of thy law with pious hearts, we may 
continually love what thou commandest, and desire that 
whereunto they lead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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APRIL 30. 


^HAT thou mayest be a holy people unto the 
Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. 

Deut. xxvi. 19. 


Renouncing every worldly thing, 

Safe ’neath the covert of thy wing, 

My sweetest thought henceforth shall be 
That all I want I find in thee, 

In thee, my God, in thee ! 

Mrs. Wilson, from John Fred. Oberlin 


A ND now, O most gracious Lord, direct and order 
all my thoughts, words, and works according to thy 
good pleasure, and to the praise of thy holy Name, and 
unto thee shall be all the glory, now and for evermore. 
Amen. 


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MAY I. 


T PRAY not that thou shouldest take them out of 
the world, but that thou shouldest keep them 
from the evil. John xvii. 15. 


Abide in me —o’ershadow by thy love 

Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin, 

Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, 

And keep my soul as thine, calm and divine. 

As some rare perfume in a vase of clay 
Pervades it with a fragrance not its own, 

So, when thou dwellest in a mortal soul, 

All heaven’s own sweetness seems around it thrown. 

H. B. Stowe. 


O CHRIST, who art the Way, the Truth, and the 
Life, enlighten our souls, and purify our consciences, 
that we may ever have thee for our guardian and pro¬ 
tector, and be guided by thee all our life long. Amen. 


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MAY 2. 

—♦— 


r^ONSIDER the lilies of the field how they 
grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and 
yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his 
glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

Matt. vi. 28, 29. 


How lovely are the common things of God, 

Such as the flowers which lie around our path 
Speaking to us of love and not of wrath, 

His staff and not his rod ! 

A. E. H. 


TV/TOST gracious God, we yield thee unfeigned thanks 
and praise, for all thy mercies in crowning the year 
with thy goodness, and in all the beauties with which 
thou dost gladden our eyes and delight our hearts. Add 
unto them all spiritual blessings, we beseech thee, for 
Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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MAY 3. 


TTE that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, 
- 1 - 1 and I will love him, and will manifest myself 


to him. 


John xiv. 21. 


So near, so very near to God, 

I cannot nearer be, 

For in the person of his Son 
I am as near as he. 

So dear, so very dear to God, 

I cannot dearer be ; 

The love wherewith he loves his Son. 
That love he gives to me. 


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offer and present to thee, O Lord, ourselves, our 
souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and liv¬ 
ing sacrifice unto thee, humbly beseeching thee that we 
may be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction 
and made one body with Christ, that he may dwell in us 
and we in him : for his blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 


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HTHOU shalt guide me with thy counsel, and af¬ 
terward receive me to glory. 

Psalm lxxiii. 24. 


As God leads me, so my heart 
In faith shall rest, 

No grief nor fear my soul shall part 
From his dear breast. 

In sweet belief I know 
Which way my life doth go — 

Since God permitteth so — 

That must be best. 

L. Gedicke. 


T ET the prayers of thy suppliants, O Lord, come up 
' to the ears of thy mercy ; and that we may obtain 
what we ask, make us ever to ask what pleases thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MAY 5. 


pUT ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Rom. xiiL 14. 


O wondrous Lord ! my soul would be 
Still more and more conformed to thee ; 

Would lose the pride, the taint of sin, 

That burns these fevered veins within, 

And learn of thee, the lowly one, 

And like thee, all my journey run, 

Above the world and all its mirth, 

Yet weeping still with weeping earth. 

Arthur Cleaveland Coxe. 


GRACIOUS Saviour, give us grace that we may 
always imitate thy humility, resignation, purity, pa¬ 
tience, charity, and all virtues, that we may be well-pleas¬ 
ing to thee, and may become daily more like thee. 
Amen. 


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MAY 6. 


''pHIS is the confidence that we have in him, that 
if we ask anything according to his will, he 
heareth us. i John v. 14. 


God’s “ ask,” 

Meaneth all fulness and all grace, 

Access in every time and place; 

Yet we, 

To whom this mercy is so free, 

This privilege of light to bask 
In the full sunshine of his face, 

Regard praver even as a task. 

A. E. H. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always 
more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont 
to give more than either we desire or deserve; pour 
down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving 
us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and 
giving us those good things which we are not worthy to 
ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus 
Christ thy Son, our Lord. Amen. 


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MAY 8. 

—♦— 

'T'‘HOU hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

Psalm cxix. 65. 


Father, thy life-long mercies, old and new, 

Shall be the stones so fair 
Built on the ground-work of a grateful heart, 

To raise an altar there. 

So, “ all things ” minister of right to me, 

Things present, things to come ; 

And help to bring me on my pilgrim path 
To the eternal home. m. K. A. S. 


GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all 
things both in heaven and earth ; we humbly be¬ 
seech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to 
give us those things which are profitable for us ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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MAY 9. 


UE was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 
11 2 Chron. xxvi. 15. 


Unstable waves grow firm beneath Christ’s feet; 

The wilderness doth blossom as the rose; 

These he doth soften with his mercy sweet, 

Strengthening the weak and feeble will of those. 
In him we find 

The lacking power of every frame of mind, 

In whom “ we are complete.” A. E. H. 


T^ROM presuming to measure the depth of thy al- 
-*■ mightiness by the short line of human reason, from 
presuming to interpret the unsearchable secrets of thy 
will by the fallible rule of man’s judgment: good Lord 
deliver us ! 


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MAY 10. 


T?OR through him we both have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and 
foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and 
of the household of God. Eph. ii. 18, 19. 


There is a tie ’twixt thee and me, 

All strangers though our kindred be, 

Of differing climes, of varying speech, 

The blood of Christ was shed for each ; 

That blood which cleanseth from all sin, 

Makes sinners everywhere akin. 

E. Hamilton. 


GOD, who hast made all those that are born again 
in Christ to be our spiritual kindred, grant that thy 
people who are called to eternal life, may have the same 
faith in their hearts, and the same piety in their actions, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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MAY II. 


COWN in corruption, it is raised in incorruption 

i Cor. xv. 42. 


The flowers all tell to thee a sacred mystic story, 

How moistened earthy dust can wear celestial glory. 

On thousand stems is found the love inscription graven : 
“ How beautiful is earth, when it can image heaven ! ” 

Ruckert. 


AXTE humbly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from 
* v the death of sin into the life of righteousness, that 
when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, thy 
well beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 


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MAY 12. 


^LL his saints are in thy hand. 


Deut. xxxiii. 3. 


Around each pure domestic shrine 
Bright flowers of Eden bloom and twine, 

Our hearths are altars all: 

The prayers of hungry souls and poor, 

Like armed angels at the door, 

Our unseen foes appal. Keble. 


RANT thy servants, O Lord, to be set on fire with 
thy Spirit, strengthened with thy power, illuminated 
by thy splendor, filled with thy grace, and to go forward 
by thine aid. Give them, O God, a right faith, perfect 
love, true humility : we ask it for our Saviour’s sake. 
Amen. 


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MAY 13. 

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T 7 EAR ye not therefore ; ye are of more value 
than many sparrows. Matt. x. 31. 


Commit thou all thy ways, 

And all thy grief and care, 

To him whom heaven obeys, 

Whose love is everywhere : 

For air, and clouds, and wind, 

He findeth pathways meet; 

Shall he not also find 
The pathway for thy feet ? 

Paul Gerhardt. 


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„ entreat thy mercy with our whole hearts, dear 
Lord, that as thou defendest us against things ad¬ 
verse to the body, so thou wilt set us free from the ene¬ 
mies of the soul, and as thou grantest us to rejoice in 
outward tranquillity, so vouchsafe to us thy inward peace, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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MAY 14. 

though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou 
art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort 
me. Psalm xxiii. 4. 


There is an hour when I must part 
With all I hold most dear; 

And life, with its best hopes, will then 
As nothingness appear. 

O Saviour, then, in all my need, 

Be near, be near to me ; 

And let my soul in steadfast faith, 

Find life and heaven in thee ! 

Andrew Reed. 


("A JESUS, my Maker and Redeemer, set thy passion, 
^ cross, and death between thy judgment and my 
soul. I give myself wholly unto thee; cast me not away : 
I come to thee. Deal mercifully with me, according 
to thy will, and bid my spirit be taken to thee in peace : 
for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 




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MAY 15. 


"DEJOICE with them that do rejoice, and weep 
with them that weep. Rom. xii. 15. 


If thou art blessed, 

Then let the sunshine of thy gladness rest 
On the dark edges of each cloud that lies 
Black in thy brother’s skies. 

If thou art sad, 

Still be thou in thy brother’s gladness glad. 


E. H. 


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}0 thou, O Master, look upon us in thy tender love, 
' and show forth towards us, and those for whom we 
pray, thy rich mercies and compassions, and to thee, with 
the Father and the Holy Ghost, all glory be ascribed, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 


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MAY 16. 


—♦— 

''J'HEY go from strength to strength : every one 
of them in Zion appeareth before God. 

Psalm lxxxiv. 7. 


Then, fainting soul, arise and sing ! 

Mount, but be sober on the wing : 

Mount up, for heaven is won by prayer ; 

Be sober : for thou art not there ; 

Till death the weary spirit free, 

Thy God hath said, ’t is good for thee 
To walk by faith, and not by sight : 

Take it on trust a little while; 

Soon shalt thou read the mystery right 
In the full sunshine of his smile. Keble. 


T ORD of all power and might, who art the author and 
giver of all good things ; graft in our hearts the 
love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish 
us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in 
the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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MAY 17. 


♦ 


I know that it shall be well with them 
mar iear God, which fear before him. 

Eccl. viii. 12. 


How blessed is the calm and single eye, 
Which all things set in God doth see ! 
Life’s greatness, littleness, its joy or grief, 
As stands against the background of the sky, 
The outline of each spire, mountain, tree, 
Its azure showing forth the smallest leaf. 



A. E. H. 


TXJE beseech thee, O Lord, in thy compassion, to in- 
* * crease our faith in thee ; because thou wilt not 
deny the aid of thy loving kindness to those on whom 
thou bestowest a steadfast faith in thee. We ask it for 
the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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gE strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor 
be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it 
is that doth go with thee, he will not fail thee, nor 
forsake thee. Deut. xxxi. 6. 


I know it — I believe it — 

I say it fearlessly. 

That God the highest, mightiest, 

Forever loveth me. 

At all times, in all places, 

He standeth at my side ; 

He rules the battle’s fury, 

The tempest, and the tide. 

Paul Gerhardt. 


TXTE rejoice, O Lord our God, in thy almighty power 
v * and glory. Raise thou us up with thee, O Saviour, 
above all earthly desires. Inspire us with thoughts of 
joy, of hope, and love, and help us to praise thy Name 
in this our earthly pilgrimage, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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MAY 19. 


A S many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. 

Rev. iii. 19 . 


Something to love 
God lends us, but when love is grown 
To ripeness, that on which it throve 
Falls off: and love is left alone. 

Tennyson. 


/"A MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who hast 
'S taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost not will¬ 
ingly afflict or grieve the children of men ; look with 
pity upon our sorrows. Remember us, O Lord, in mercy : 
sanctify thy fatherly correction to us ; lift up thy coun¬ 
tenance upon us, and give us peace, for Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 


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MAY 20. 


A/TY lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto 
thee ; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 

Psalm lxxi. 23 . 


Thy heart in joy upleapeth, 

Grief cannot linger there ; 

She singeth high in glory 
Amidst the sunshine fair; 

The sun that shines upon me, 

Is Jesus and his love : 

The fountain of my singing, * 

Is deep in heaven above. 

Paul Gerhardt. 


/'Y GOD, thou art very love ! he that dwelleth in love 
dwelleth in thee. Who shall separate me from the 
love of Christ my Saviour ? Oh ! that neither life, nor 
death, nor any creature, may have power to do so ! 
Make me all thine own, O Jesus ! I ask it for thine own 
Name’s sake. Amen. 


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MAY 21. 


AND Jesus called a little child unto him. 

Matt, xviii. 2. 


I saw the little children round thee press, 

Each in its turn receiving thy caress ; 

How tender was thy touching of these flowers, 

The fairest things in this dark world of ours, 

And nearest heaven in their innocence. 

Therefore, O Lord, thou still dost take them hence, 
They are sq easy to transplant within, 

So lightly rooted in the soil of sin, 

Growing almost upon heaven’s outer fence. 

A. E. H. 


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GOD who chastiseth us in thy love, and refreshest 
us amid thy chastening : grant that we may ever be 
able to give thee thanks for both, through our most lov¬ 
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MAY 22. 


\yHO loved me. 


Gal. ii. 20. 


My soul, the order of the words approve 
Christ first , me last, nothing between but love. 
Lord keep me always down, thyself above. 

Trusting to thee, not struggling restlessly, 

So shall I gain the victory. 

“ I, yet not I ” — but Christ — “ who loved me.” 


LORD Jesus Christ, who am I, that thou hast 
^ so loved me, and sought to be loved by me ? Who 
shall separate me from the love of Christ ? Chasten 
me as thou wilt, my God, but take not from me the 
power to love thee, for thou art my life, my all ! Amen. 




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MAY 23. 


AND thou shalt be blessed : for they cannot rec- 
ompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed 
at the resurrection of the just. Luke xiv. 13. 


Woulds’t thou from sorrow find a sweet relief ? 

Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? 
Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief ? 
Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold. 


YVT E beseech thee, O Lord, be gracious to thy people, 
* * that they may be filled more and more with the 
love of thy commandments, and being supported by thy 
comfort in this mortal life, may advance to the full en¬ 
joyment of life immortal; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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MAY 24. 


UE that overcometh, the same shall be clothed 
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his 
name out of the book of life, but I will confess his 
name before my Father and before his angels. 

Rev. iii. 5. 


Faith is the golden thread on which we string, 
For offering, 

Our feeble deeds of poor self-sacrifice : 
Unworthy gifts ! yet, in his grace, the king 
Accounts them pearls of price. 

A. E. H. 


LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the 
prayers of thy people who call upon thee ; and 
grant that they may both perceive and know what things 
they ought to do, and also may have grace and power 
faithfully to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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MAY 25. 


TESUS stood and cried, saying, “ If any man 
^ thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 

John vii. 37. 


Christ in his heavenly garden walks all day, 

And calls to souls upon the world’s highway, 
Wearied with trifles, maimed, and sick with sin: 
Christ by the gate stands, and invites them in. 

“ ’T is not from earthly paths I bid you flee, 

But lighter in my ways your feet will be ; 

’T is not to summon you from human mirth, 

But add a depth and sweetness not of earth.” 

Francis Turner Palgrave. 


"DECAUSE thou, O Jesus, art the fountain of life, from 
thee may we drink what by faith we thirst for ; 
may we obey thy gracious call, and come unto thee, to 
find peace and joy which the world knoweth not of. 
We ask it for thine own blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 


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Prov. xvi. 3. 


Like a blind spinner in the sun, 

I tread my days ; 

I know that all the threads will run 
Appointed ways; 

I know each day will bring its task, 

And, being blind, no more I ask. h. H. 


T ORD, to whom shall I go, but unto thee ? I ask 
- L ' from thy gracious lips ever a word of life to heal my 
soul when it is restless and afraid. Led by thy hand I 
am safe, in time and for eternity. Lord, I commit my¬ 
self, my heart, and all to which it clings, unto thy true, 
thy loving, thy Almighty hand, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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MAY 27. 


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hath made every thing beautiful in his time. 

Eccles. iii. i r. 


My God, I thank thee who hast made 
The earth so bright, 

So full of splendor and of joy, 

Beauty and light; 

So many noble things are here, 

Noble and right. A. A. Procter. 


O GOD, who art the unsearchable abyss of peace, the 
ineffable sea of love, the fountain of blessings, and 
the bestower of affection ; open to us this day the sea of 
thy love, and water us with plenteous streams from the 
riches of thy grace, and from the most sweet springs of 
thy benignity strengthen our weakness, bind us closely 
unto thee, and fill us with gratitude for all thy blessings, 
for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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MAY 28. 

—i— 

C^EEK ye first the kingdom of God and his right¬ 
eousness ; and all these things shall be added 
unto you. Matt. vi. 33. 


Shine on our souls, eternal God, 

With rays of beauty shine ! 

Oh, let thy favor crown our days, 

And all their round be thine ! 

Did we not raise our hands to thee, 

Our hands might toil in vain ; 

Small joy success itself could give, 

If thou thy love restrain. 

Philip Doddridge, 1775. 


T ORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent 
and follow us, and make us continually to be given 
to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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MAY 29. 


CTRENGTHENED with all might according to 
^ his glorious power, and all patience with joyful- 

Col. i. ii. 


ness. 


What though my shrinking flesh complain 
And murmur to contend so long ? 

I rise superior to my pain : 

When I am weak, then I am strong ! 

And when my all of strength shall fail, 

I shall with the God-man prevail. 

Charles Wesley. 


T ORD JESUS, hast thou not invited all that labor 
and are heavy-laden to come to thee for refresh¬ 
ment ? Behold us, whensoever we are afflicted and op¬ 
pressed, coming to thee for help : grant us thy heavenly 
strength, the fulness of thy grace and peace. Amen. 


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MAY 30. 

—♦— 

THE disciple is not above his master : but every 
one that is perfect shall be as his master. 

Luke vi. 40 


Christ having lived for us as well as died, 

Our human life is now a sacred tide. 

To us our duties come whole and complete, — 
Waves which have rippled underneath his feet, 
And bv their holy pressure sanctified. 

A. E. H. 


RANT that there may be in us, O Lord, simple affec- 
tion, brave patience, a pure mind, a right and clean 
heart, a good will, a holy conscience, a life unspotted and 
unblamable, like unto thine, O Christ, on earth. We ask 
it for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 


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God shall supply all your need, according to 
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 



Phil. iv. 19. 


Daily I find the promise true 
For loss to bear, or work to do ; 
Crooked or rough the path may be, 

Yet seems it just the best for me : 

The one my Father’s love hath planned, 
To bring me to the better land. 


M. K. A. S. 


us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplica- 



tions and prayers, and dispose the way of thy ser¬ 
vants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation ; 
that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal 
life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and 
ready help ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JUNE I. 

—♦— 

^ND this is the promise that he has promised 
us, even eternal life. i John ii. 25. 


A little longer ere life true, immortal 

(Not this our shadowy life), will be thine own : 

And thou shall stand where winged archangels worship, 
And trembling bow before the great white throne. 

A little longer yet, — and angel voices 

Shall ring in heavenly chants upon thine ear ; 

Angels and saints await thee, and God needs thee : 
Beloved, can we bid thee linger here ! 

A. A. Procter. 


A LMIGHTY FATHER, mercifully look upon us, and 
sanctify us with the Holy Ghost, that being stead¬ 
fast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, 
we may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, 
that finally we may come to the land of everlasting rest, 
there to reign with thee, world without end, through 
Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 


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JUNE 2. 

—♦— 

WHEN he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will 
guide you into all truth. 

John xvi. 13 


Holy Spirit, gently come, 

Raise us from our fallen state, 

Fix thy everlasting home 

In the hearts thou didst create ! 

Gift of God most high ! 

Visit every troubled breast: 

Light and life and love supply : 

Give our spirits perfect rest! 

Hammond. 


T ET thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, and the bright- 
' ness of thy Spirit illumine our inward souls ; that 
he may kindle our cold hearts and light up our dark 
minds, who abideth evermore with thee in glory: for 
Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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shall be as the light of the morning when 
the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; 
as the tender grass springing out of the earth by 
clear shining after rain. 2 Sam. xxiii. 4. 


Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh, 
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee : 
Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight, 
Dawns the sweet consciousness — I am with thee ! 

When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber, 

Its closing eye looks up to thee in prayer. 

Sweet the repose beneath thy wings o’ershading, 

But sweeter still to wake and find thee there. 

Mrs. Stowe. 


nrilOU, O Lord, who dost permit us to see thy good- 
ness in the land of the living, by thy loving kindness 
which is better than life, help us to praise thee through 
thy works, for our Redeemer’s sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 4. 


''FHEN said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot 
speak ; for I am a child. 

But the Lord said unto me, Say not I am a 
child ; for thou shalt go to all that I shall send 
thee, and whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt 


speak. 


Jer. i. 6, 7. 


One thought sublimely sweet, 
Where’er my wanderings be, 
One star to guide my feet, — 
The Lord hath need of me. 
Dear Lord, I work and wait, 
Where’er thy footprints be ; 
When at thy pearly gate, 

Still, Lord, have need of me. 


T ET thy Spirit, O Lord, come into the midst of us, 
and prepare us to be always a living sacrifice unto 
thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JUNE 5. 

——«— 

^ND Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be 
with me, and will keep me in this way that I 
go, ... so that I come again to my father’s house 
in peace, then shall the Lord be my God. 

Gen. xxviii. 20, 21. 


Girt with the love of God on every side, — 
Breathing that love as heaven’s own healing air, 

I work or wait, still following my guide. 

Braving each foe, escaping every snare. 

’T is what I know of thee, my Lord and God, 

That fills my soul with peace, my lips with song ; 
Thou art my health, my joy, my staff, my rod, 
Leaning on thee, in weakness I am strong. 

Bonar. 


/^RANT, merciful Lord, that hereafter we may not be 
ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and 
manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the 
world, and the devil, and to continue Christ’s faithful 
soldiers and servants unto our life’s end. We ask it 
for his Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 6. 

—♦— 

THE Lord God hath given me the tongue of the 
learned, that I should know how to speak a 
word in Season to him that is weary. 

Isaiah 1 . 4. 


Oh, teach me, Lord, that I may teach 
The precious things thou dost impart: 

And wing my words, that they may reach 
The hidden depths of many a heart. 

Oh, give thine own sweet rest to me, 

That I may speak with soothing power 
A word in season, as from thee, 

To weary ones in needful hour. 

Frances Ridley Havergal. 


'T‘0 thee, O Lord, I dedicate, to the greater glory of thy 
name, my body and soul, with all their powers and 
faculties, and all my thoughts, words, and actions, that in 
them all thy blessed Name may be forever praised and 
glorified, for the sake of thine only begotten Son, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 


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JUNE 7. 

—♦— 

YyATCH ye and pray, lest ye enter into tempta- 
v v tion. Mark xiv. 38. 


It is when birds of air 

Light on the ground to feed 
That they are taken in the snare ; 

Therefore let us take heed, 

When we have left the firmament of prayer 
In daily walk of word and deed, 

Lest we be taken unaware 
In the net 

Of sin, which we forget 

Satan spreads everywhere. A. E. H. 


O GOD, the comforter of the humble and the 
strength of the faithful, be merciful to thy suppli¬ 
ants : that human weakness, which by itself is prone to 
fall, may ever be supported by thee to stand upright, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JUNE 8. 


ye are complete in him. 


Col. ii. io. 


I have no wisdom save in him who is 
My wisdom and my teacher, both in one, 

No wisdom can I lack while thou art wise, 

No teaching do I crave save thine alone. 

Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness : 

Mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing blood. 
This is my robe, my refuge, and my peace, 

Thy blood, thy righteousness, O Lord my God. 

H. Bonar. 


/^v LORD GOD, who seest that we put not our trust in 
anything that we do ; mercifully grant that by thy 
power we may be defended against all adversity; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JUNE 9. 


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man hath seen God at any time ; the only 
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the 
Father, he hath declared him. John i. 18. 


Holy, holy, holy ! though the darkness hide thee, 
Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, 
Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee 
Perfect in love, in power, and purity. 

Holy, holy, holy ! Lord God Almighty ! 

All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, 
and sea ; 

Holy, holy, holy ! merciful and mighty, 

God in three persons, Blessed Trinity. 

Heber. 


HTHOU art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, 
and power : for thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure they are and were created : to thee, there¬ 
fore, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, do we ascribe all 
praise now and forever. Amen. 


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JUNE 10. 


AND there was a rainbow round about the 
throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 

Rev. iv. 3. 


Jerusalem the golden! 

Methinks each flower that blows, 

And every bird a-singing, 

Of the same secret knows ! 

1 know not what the flowers 
Can feel, or singers see, 

But all these summer raptures 
Are prophecies of thee. 

Gerald Massey. 


/''A THOU who by wisdom hath founded the earth, and 
^ by understanding hath established the heavens, by 
whose knowledge the depths are broken up, and the 
clouds drop down their dew ; we yield thee unfeigned 
thanks and praise for all thy mercies in this life ; prepare 
us by them, we pray thee, for an entrance into thy 
heavenly Jerusalem. We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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pURE religion and undefiled before God and the 
Father is this ; to visit the fatherless and wid¬ 
ows in their affliction, and to keep himself un¬ 
spotted from the world. James i. 27. 

Ask God to give thee skill 
In comfort’s art, 

That thou mayest consecrated be 
And set apart 
Unto a life of sympathy ; 

For heavy is the weight of ill 
In every heart, 

And comforters are needed much, 

Of Christ-like touch. 


E. H. 


LOVING CHRIST, teach us to do thy work on 
earth in the strength of thine own tender ministry 
unto us. Let labor for thee be our delight, and all rest 
a weariness out of thee. May we ever seek to do thy 
will, and thus be written true sons of consolation. We 
ask it for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 12. 


IIS is none other but the house of God, and 
this is the gate of heaven. 

Gen. xxviii. 17. 


Whkn trembling at the sacred rail, 

We hid our eyes and held our breath, 

Felt thee how strong, our hearts how frail, 

And longed to own thee to the death ; 
Forever on our souls be traced 
That blessing dear, that dove-like hand, 

A sheltering rock in memory’s waste, 
O’ershadowing all the weary land. 

Keble. 


O HOLY SPIRIT, take thou full possession of my 
soul forever: may thy heavenly wisdom reign in my 
heart, thy counsel guide me, thy strength fortify me, thy 
divine fear keep me from all evil, that, having fought the 
good fight of faith, I may at length come off more than 
conqueror, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JUNE 13. 


T2ECAUSE thy loving kindness is better than 
life, my lips shall praise thee. 

Psalm lxiii. 3. 


Lord of my life, oh may thy praise 
Employ my noblest powers, 

Whose goodness lengthens out my days, 

And fills the circling hours. 

Smile on my minutes as they roll, 

And guide my future days : 

And let thy goodness fill my soul 
With gratitude and praise. 

Anne Steele. 


"CVATHER of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, 
do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all 
thy goodness and loving-kindness to us. We praise 
thee for all the blessings of this life, but above all for 
thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 




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JUNE 14. 

—♦— 

NEVERTHELESS, not my will, but thine be 
done. Luke xxii. 42. 


God’s will is like a cliff of stone, 

My will is like the sea : 

Each murmuring thought is only thrown 
Tenderly back to me. 

God’s will and mine are one this day, 
And evermore shall be; 

There is a calm in life’s tossed bay. 

And the waves sleep quietly. 


("V ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy boun- 
tiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all 
things that may hurt us ; that we, being ready in both body 
and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things which 
thou commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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JUNE 15. 


^HE Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in from this time forth, and even for 
evermore. Psalm cxxi. 8. 


Father ! whose hand hath led me so securely, 

Father ! whose ear hath listened to my prayer, 
Father! whose eye hath watched o’er me so surely, 
Whose heart hath loved me with a love so rare ; 
Vouchsafe, O Heavenly Father, to instruct me 
In the straight way wherein I ought to go, — 

To life eternal, and to heaven conduct me, 

Through health and sickness, and through weal and 
woe. 


SpiTTA, TRANS. BY R. MaSSIE. 


/"VUR Father who art in heaven, direct our steps into 
the way of peace, and strengthen our hearts to 
obey thy commands ; that we may adore thy mercy, fol¬ 
low thee for thy truth, desire thee for thy sweetness, 
who art the blessed Lord God, world without end. 
Amen. 




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JUNE 16. 


T ET me see thy countenance, let me hear thy 
voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy counte¬ 
nance is comely. ~ ~ " 


Song of Solomon 11. 14. 


An ear 
Quick to hear 
Eternal melody, 

An eye quick to see 
All beauty, Christ, in thee ; 

A mouth 

Seasoned with charity, 

Softer than soft wind of the south, 

Grant these, O Lord, to me. 

A. E. H. 


f~\ LORD Jesus Christ, sweetest guest, come into my 
heart, and be its dayspring from on high ! For 
what beside this, O thou calm of my heart, could my 
soul seek for, or desire. Make me altogether thine, for 
my trust is in thee ! Amen. 


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JUNE 17. 


CEARCH me, O God, and know my heart: try 
me, and know my thoughts : and see if there 
be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way 
everlasting. Psalm cxxxix. 23, 24. 


Shtne on me, Lord ! new life impart, 

Fresh ardors kindle in my heart! 

One ray of thy all-quickening light 
Dispels the sloth and clouds of night. 

Lord, lest the tempter me surprise, 

Watch over thine own sacrifice, 

All loose, all idle thoughts cast out, 

And make my very dreams devout. 

Bishop Ken. 


/'"'LEANSE us, O Lord, by the inspiration of thy Holy 
' s - / Spirit, that we may worthily magnify thy holy Name, 
through Christ our Lord. Amen . 




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JUNE 18. 


JESUS 


himself drew near, and went with them. 

Luke xxiv. 15. 


My Master, in thine hand it is to measure 
My times of work and weariness for thee : 

My times of rest return at thy good pleasure, 

By lake or mountain, wood or murmuring sea. 
But to give sweetness to my hours of leisure, 
Come thou thyself, O Lord, and rest with me. 


J ESUS our Master, do thou meet us while we walk in 
the way, and long to reach at length thy heavenly 
country ; so that, following thy light, we may keep the 
path of righteousness, and that thou wilt abide with us 
for evermore. We ask it for thine own Name’s sake. 
Amen. 


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JUNE 19. 


for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 

Joshua xxiv. 15. 


Onward, onward will we press 
Through the path of duty; 
Virtue is true happiness, 
Excellence true beauty : 
Minds are of supernal birth, 
Let us make a heaven of earth. 


Montgomery. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, be thou present to 
our duties, and grant the protection of thy presence 
to all that dwell in this house : that thou mayest be 
known to be the defender of thy family, and the inhab¬ 
itant of this dwelling ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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JUNE 20. 


"DELOVED, let us love one another : for love is 
^ of God. i John iv. 7. 


For love is not a soulless clod : living, perfected it shall 
rise 

Transfigured in the light of God, and giving glory to the 
skies ; 

And that which makes this life so sweet 
Shall render heaven’s joy complete. 

A. A. Procter. 


/"A GOD of love, grant us the spirit of peace and grace, 
that thy universal family may be both devoted to 
thee with their whole heart, and united to each other 
with a pure will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 




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JUNE 21. 

—♦— 

A ND this I pray, that your love may abound 
more and more in knowledge and in all judg¬ 
ment ; . . . . that ye may be sincere and without 
offence till the day of Christ. 

Phil. i. 9, 10. 


It is not the deed we do 
Though the deed be never so fair, 

But the love that the dear Lord looketh for, 
Hidden with holy care 
In the heart of the deed so fair. 


/'"'LEANSE us, O Lord our God, from all our sins, se- 
cret and open, and from every thought displeasing 
to thy goodness ; cleanse our bodies and souls, our hearts 
and consciences, that with a pure heart and a clear soul, 
with perfect love and calm hope, we may venture confi¬ 
dently and fearlessly to pray unto thee, for Jesus Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 22. 


A/T ASTER, I will follow thee whithersoever thou 
1 1 goest. 

But the Son of man hath not where to lay his 
head. Matt. viii. 19, 20. 


How can we e’er forget our Lord, 

Who had not where to lay his head ? - 
Homeless in all this world of homes, 

A hungered, he, the Living Bread ! 
Father ! forgive our halting step, 

So laggard on the upward road : 

And grant that each returning day 
May bring us nearer thine abode. 


M. K. A. S. 


'T'HOU knowest, Lord, how much we boast our willing- 
-*■ ness to follow thee, and yet when thou callest us to 
any trial of the flesh or spirit, we mourn and lament. 
Strengthen us to a real following of thee, O merciful 
Saviour, that in body and soul we may cheerfully accom¬ 
plish thy gracious will, for thine own Name’s sake. 
Amen. 

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JUNE 23. 


Y e are . bought with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are 
God’s. i Cor. vi. 20. 


“ Not your own ! ” To him ye owe 
All your life and all your love ; 
Live, that ye his praise may show. 
Who is yet all praise above. 

Every day and every hour, 

Every gift and every power, 
Consecrate to him alone, 

Who hath claimed you for his own. 


Z' - ') GOD, help me ever to seek thy face with all my 
heart, all my soul, all my mind : to prefer nothing 
to thy love, and to serve thee truly all the days of my 
life. I ask it for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen . 


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JUNE 24. 


THE next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 
and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which 
taketh away the sin of the world. 

John i. 29. 


Where is the love the Baptist taught, 

The soul unswerving, and the fearless tongue ? 
The much-enduring wisdom sought 

By lonely prayer the haunted rocks among ? 
Who counts it gain 
His light should wane, 

So the whole world to Jesus throng ? 

Keble. 


RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the ex- 
ample of thy servant may incite us to a better life. 
May we imitate his actions, and ever be seeking to lead 
others to repentance, by showing to them Jesus, the 
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. 
We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 26. 



AND I said, it is mine own infirmity ; but I will 
^ remember the years of the right hand of the 
Most Highest. Psalm lxxvii. io. 


I see not a step before me as I tread on another year, 
But the past is still in God’s keeping, the future his 
mercy shall clear : 

And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I 
draw near. 

Maria J. Brainard. 


O 


GOD, whose nature and property is always to have 
mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions ; 
and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our 
sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us, 
for the honor of Jesus Christ, our mediator and advocate. 
Amen. 


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JUNE 27. 

—♦— 

A LL the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth 
unto such as keep his covenant and his testi¬ 
monies. Psalm xxv. io. 


Let nothing trouble thee, 

Let nothing terrify thee, 

All passes away, 

God never changes 
Patience obtains everything. 

Who possessest God lacks nothing, 

God alone suffices. 

St. Theresa’s Maxims. 


T OFFER unto thee, my God, my thoughts, that they 
-*■ may be towards thee : my words, that they may be of 
thee : my deeds, that they may be according to thee. 
By thy wisdom do thou direct me ; by thy righteousness 
do thou keep me ; by thy sweet mercy do thou comfort 
and protect me, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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JUNE 28. 


r we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and 
his love is perfected in us. i John iv. 12. 


Thy brother may be rich indeed, 

Rich in the wealth of this world’s good, 

And yet thy brother’s heart have need 
Of that which is life’s truest food, 

Of tender sympathy and love, 

The dew which droppeth from above. 

“ Man doth not live by bread alone,” 

Thy heart against him do not close, 

Love may be given in a tone, 

Frost killeth the unopened rose. 

A. E. Hamilton. 


"D EJOICING, O Lord, in the richness of thy gifts to 
^ us, we pray thee to help us to give unto our fellow- 
mortals such sympathy and kindly love as may lighten 
their afflictions, for the merciful Jesus’ sake. Amen. 




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JUNE 29. 

— • — 

'T'HOU shalt be called by a new name, which the 
mouth of the Lord shall name. Thou shalt 
also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, 
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 

Isaiah lxii. 2, 3. 


Oh fill me with thy fulness, Lord, 

Until my very heart o’erflow, 

In kindling thought and glowing word, 

Thy love to tell, thy praise to show. 

Oh use me, Lord, use even me, 

Just as thou wilt, and when and where : 

F. R. Havergal. 


RANT, we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God, 
vjr that the Holy Ghost may come upon us, and by his 
gracious indwelling, may make us a temple of his glory; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JUNE 30. 


H E 


that winneth souls is wise. 


Prov. xi. 30. 


Thou mayest live to bless the giver, 

Who himself but frail and weak, 

Would at least the highest welfare 
Of another seek ; 

And his gift, though poor and lowly 
It may seem to other eyes, 

Yet may prove an angel holy 
In a pilgrim’s guise. 

J. G. Whittier. 


O GOD, we pray for all those whose feet are not set 
in the paths of righteousness ; take from them all 
ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word : 
and grant at last that they may be made true followers 
of the good shepherd, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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JULY 


T'HIS woman was full of good works and alms- 
deeds which she did. Acts ix. 36. 


No simplest duty is forgot, 

Life hath no dim and lowly spot 
That doth not in her sunshine share. 

She doeth little kindnesses 
Which most leave undone or despise, 

For naught that sets one heart at ease 
And giveth happiness or peace 
Is low-esteemed in her eyes. 

J. R. Lowell. 


TDESTOW upon me, O Lord my God, understanding 
to know thee, diligence to seek thee, a behavior that 
may please thee, a perseverance that may happily and 
trustfully await thee, and so to make good use of thy 
blessings through grace, that in heaven I be admitted to 
thy joys in glory. I ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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T'O-DAY shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

A Luke xxiii. 43 . 


His Spirit to my spirit 

Sweet words of comfort saith : 

How God the weak one strengthens 
Who leans on him in faith : 

How he hath built a city 
Of love, and light, and song, 

Where the eye at last beholdeth 
What the heart had loved so long. 

Paul Gerhardt. 


'T'HOU hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth : pre- 
^ serve me in life, and in the hour of death, O cruci¬ 
fied Jesus; take me into those loving arms once stretched 
out for me upon the cross, and receive my soul in peace 
into thine own presence in paradise. We ask it for thy 
Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JULY 3. 


^fHAT doth the Lord require of thee but to do 
justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly 
with thy God ? Micah vi. 8. 


Something, my God, for thee, 
Something for thee; 

That each day’s setting sun may bring 
Some penitential offering ; 

In thy dear name some kindness done ; 
To thy dear love some wanderer won ; 
Some trial meekly borne for thee, 

Dear Lord, for thee. 


"DLESS, O Lord, thy family in heavenly places, and fill 
^ them with thy spiritual gifts : grant them love, joy, 
peace, patience, goodness, gentleness, chastity, hope, and 
faith, that, being replenished with all thy gifts, they may 
attain their desire by coming safe unto thee through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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T ET not mercy and truth forsake thee : 

So shalt thou find favor and good under¬ 
standing in the sight of God and man. 

Prov. iii. 3, 4. 


Whene’er a noble deed is wrought, 
Whene’er is spoken a noble thought, 
Our hearts, in glad surprise, 

To higher levels rise. 

Honor to those whose words or deeds 
Thus help us in our daily needs ; 

And by their overflow 
Raise us from what is low ! 


O 


GOD of heavenly powers, who givest us more than 
we ask or deserve : grant, we beseech thee, that what 
we cannot have by reliance on our own deserts, may be 
granted to us by thy mercy, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 5. 

—•— 

A BROKEN and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17 . 


My Saviour, I have nought to bring 
Worthy of thee ; 

A broken heart thou wilt not spurn : 

Accept of me. 

I need thy righteousness divine, 

I plead thy promises as mine, 

I perish if I am not thine. 

Godwin. 


LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our 
prayers, and spare all those who confess their 
sins unto thee ; that they, whose consciences by sin 
are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved ; 
through Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JULY 6. 

—♦— 

T WOULD not have you to be ignorant, brethren, 
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sor¬ 
row not, even as others which have no hope. 

i Thess. iv. 13. 


So not alone we land upon that shore, 

’T will be as though we had been there before. 

We shall meet more we know 
Than we can meet below, 

And find our rest like some returning dove, 

And be at home at once with our eternal love. 

Faber. 


/^OMFORT us, O compassionate Saviour, for all those 
whom thou hast taken from us, unto their eternal 
home: that when the time of our own departure draw- 
eth nigh, we may remember with joy that so many of 
our near and dear ones are already gathered into thy 
presence above, pardoned through thy mercies, O Jesus. 
Amen. 


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- 9 - 

A/f Y beloved is mine, and I am his. 

Song of Solomon ii. 16. 


Lord Jesus, make thyself to me 
A living, bright reality; 

More present to faith’s vision keen 
Than any outward object seen ; 

More dear, more intimately nigh, 

Than e’en the sweetest earthly tie ! 

C. Elliot. 


YY JESUS ! beloved, fairer than the children of men, 
^ draw me after thee with the cords of thy love. 
Thou who art the lover of souls, may I love thee, and 
nothing else, except for thy sake : for thou only art 
worthy of all that I have and am, and can be. I ask it 
for thy Name’s sake. Amen. 




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JULY 8. 

—♦— 

T SLEEP, but my heart waketh. 

A Song of Solomon v. 2. 


Thine must be a watchful sleep, 

Wearier than another’s waking ; 

Such a charge as thou must keep 
Brooks no moment of forsaking. 

Sleep, as on the battle-field, 

Girded, grasping sword and shield ; 

Those thou canst not name or number, 

Steal upon thy broken slumber. 

Charlotte Elizabeth. 


TVrAKE us, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, watch- 
ful and heedful in awaiting the coming of Christ: 
that when he shall come and knock, he may find us not 
sleeping, but awake and rejoicing in his praises, through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JULY 9. 

—♦— 

T OVE your enemies, bless them 
do good to them that hate you. 


Ah ! if when Jesus speaks 
We’d heed his voice, 

And follow his sweet teachings day by day, 

As life goes on, — 

How would the world rejoice ! 

Love’s sunshine would illumine all the way, 

And, scattering falsehood’s spectres with its light, 
Back into silence deep as that of night, 

Bid strife be done ! S. 


GOD, who art peace everlasting, pour thy sweet 
peace into our souls, that everything discordant may 
utterly vanish, and all that makes for peace be sweet to 
us forever. We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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JULY 10. 


V'E shall not be afraid of the face of man : for 
* the judgment is God’s. Deut. i. 17. 


If he who doth in secret see 
Approve our work, small need have we 
Of earthly fame or eulogy. 


Grant only, Lord, that in thy sight 
We walk as children of the light, 

And ’neath thy banner bravely fight. 

E. £)., Sunday Magazine. 


Z"'' RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to 
think and do always such things as are right; that we 
who cannot do anything that is good without thee, may 
by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 


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JULY II. 


pOR thus saith the high and lofty One that in¬ 
habited eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell 
in the high and holy place, with him also that is of 
a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of 
the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite 
ones. Isaiah lvii. 15. 


The Almighty, from his throne, on earth surveys 
Nought greater than an honest, humble heart; 

An humble heart, his residence ! pronounced 
His second seat; and rival to the skies. 

Young’s Night Thoughts. 


(^LOD the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who art every- 
where present, and fillest all things, come and dwell 


in us, purify us from every stain, and save our souls in 
thy goodness, for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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JULY 12. 


YEA, they may forget: 


yet will I not forget thee. 
Isaiah xlix. 15. 


I bear thy name : 

Thy love, dear Lord, have -1 not long confessed ? 
That love’s the same 

As when, like John, I leaned upon thy breast, 

And knew I loved; oh, which of us has changed. 

Am I from thee estranged ? 

O Lord, thou changest not: I know the rest! 

A. D. F. R. 


'T'HAT it may please thee to give us true repentance ; 
-*• to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and igno¬ 
rances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy 
Spirit to amend our lives according to thy word : we 
beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, for Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 




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JULY 13. 

—♦— 

T WILL commune with thee from above the 
mercy-seat. Exodus xxv. 22. 


That God had once whispered a word in thine ear, 

Or sent thee from heaven one sorrow for sin, 

Is enough for a life, both to banish all fear, 

And to turn into peace all the troubles within. 

Then how can the heart e’er be drooping or sad, 

Which God hath once touched with the light of his 
grace ? 

Can the child have a doubt, who but lately hath laid 
Himself to repose in his father’s embrace ? 

Faber. 


HOLY SPIRIT, the Comforter, descend into our 
hearts, that whilst thou makest intercession for us, 
we may with full confidence call upon thee, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 14. 

—♦— 

THE Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold 
your peace. Exodus xiv. 14. 


The life that is the blessedest 
Is not always the brightest; 

And hearts that seek no present rest 
Are evermore the lightest. 

Each human heart from out the strong 
May bring the hidden sweetness, 

By trusting him who wields the wrong 

To work the right’s completeness. l. 


TT is good to hold fast by thee, O Lord : but do thou 
so increase in us the desire of good, that the hope 
which joins us to thee may not be shaken by any waver¬ 
ing of faith, but may endure in steadfastness of love, for 
the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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("'REAT shall be the peace of thy children. 

Isaiah liv. 13. 


Our restless spirits yearn for thee 
Where’er our changeful lot is cast; 

Glad, when thy gracious smile we see ; 

Blest, when our faith can hold thee fast. 

O Jesus, ever with us stay. 

Make all our moments calm and bright: 
Chase the dark night of sin away ; 

Shed o’er the world thy holy light! 

S. Bernard, trans. by Ray Palmer. 


GOD, who art the author of peace, and in knowl- 
^ edge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose ser¬ 
vice is perfect freedom; defend us in all assaults of our 
enemies ; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may 
not fear the power of any adversaries : through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JULY 16. 


THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am 
1 the light of the world: he that followeth me 
shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light 
of life. John viii. 12. 



The cloud that nearest to the moon doth lie 
Shineth the brightest in the midnight sky ; 
The pathway of that Christian is most bright 
Which cleaveth closest unto Christ the light. 


E. H. 


LTEAR us, O never-failing light, Lord our God, the 
fountain of light: may our souls be lamps of thine, 
kindled and illuminated by thee. Being filled with the 
splendor of thy Son, may we shine forth inwardly : may 
the gloom of sins be cleared away, and the light of per¬ 
petual faith abide with us. We ask it for Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 


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JULY 17. 


T 3 RINGING into captivity every thought to the 
obedience of Christ. 2 Cor. x. 5. 


O Way for all that live ! heal us by pain and loss, 

Fill all our years with toil, and bless us with thy rod, 
Thy bonds bring wider freedom ; climbing by thy cross 
Wins that brave height where looms the city of our 
God. 


F. D. Huntington. 


THOU most gracious Saviour of the world, re- 
deemed by thy precious blood, I flee unto thee in 
lowliness of mind, and with deepest affection of my 
heart. Because thou didst offer thyself as the price of 
my redemption, I too, O most loving Jesus, do offer my 
whole self unto thee. Vouchsafe in all things so to di¬ 
rect and govern me, that nothing which may befall me 
may separate me from thee ! Amen. 




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JULY 18. 


memory of the just is blessed. 

Prov. x. 7. 


Sleep here in peace ! 

This is the gate for thee to life immortal, 
This is the entrance to the pearly portal, — 
The pathway trod by saints and sages olden, 
Whose feet now walk Jerusalem the golden. 
Sleep here in peace ! 



J. E. Rankin. 


\UE thank thee, O Lord, that, through faith in our 
merciful Saviour, we shall at length be brought, in 
thy paradise above, unto the haven where our souls 
would be ; that in our Father’s house are many man¬ 
sions, where thou hast prepared a place for us ; and that 
we shall be like unto thee, O Christ ; for we shall see 
thee as thou art. Unto thy Name be the glory, world 
without end. Amen. 


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JULY 19. 

—4 - 

£>E ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

Matt. v. 48. 


Sweeten my bitter-thoughted heart 
With charity like thine, 

Till self shall be the only spot 
On earth which does not shine. 

Would that my soul might be a world 
Of golden ether bright, 

A heaven where other souls might float, 

Like all thy worlds, in light. 

Faber. 


Vy'E pray thee, O Lord, be present to thy suppliants; 
v v and amid the snares of a wicked world, protect our 
weakness with never-failing love : through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 21. 


T-JOW great is his goodness, and how great is his 
A beauty. Zech. ix. 17. 


One there is above all others — 

Oh ! how he loves ! 

His is love beyond a brother’s — 

Oh ! how he loves ! 

Earthly friends may fail or leave us, 

One day soothe, the next day grieve us, 

But this friend will ne’er deceive us — 

Oh ! how he loves ! 

Newton. 


THOU merciful Saviour, how great was thy love, 
which drew thee from the bosom of the Father to 
suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. There¬ 
fore will we praise thy Name, O Lord, our strength, our 
refuge, our deliverer, for ever and ever. Amen. 


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JULY 22. 

—•— 

''THOUGH he cause grief, yet will he have com- 
passion according to the multitude of his mer¬ 
cies. Lam. iii. 32. 


I know that Christ will never chide 
My sorrow, he hath wept and sighed ; 
I feel the pressure of his hand, 

I know that he doth understand. 

And thou, Lord, will be more to me, 
For that dear one who is with thee ; 
Thus thou wilt fill the vacant place 
In thy deep tenderness and grace. 


E. H. 


T ORD JESUS, when I am in sorrow, thou, and thou 
alone, wilt comfort me ! Give me, O God, perfect 
submission to thy holy will, and unshaken trust in thy 
loving mercy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 23. 


(TJ.OD loveth a cheerful giver. 

2 Cor. ix. 7. 

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Give ! as the morning that flows out of heaven ; 
Give ! as the waves when the channel is riven ; 

Give ! as the free air and sunshine is given; 
Lavishly, utterly, joyfully give. 

Not the waste drops of thy cup overflowing, 

Not the faint sparks of thy hearth ever glowing, 
Not a pale bud from the June roses blowing, 

Give ! as he gave thee, who gave thee to live. 


"LJELP us, O Lord, ever to remember that of all the 
good gifts of life to us thou art the giver: and 


may we minister unto others, of our abundance or of our 
little, in the spirit of him who hath said it is more 
blessed to give than to receive. Grant this for Christ’s 
sake! Amen. 


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JULY 24. 


{ soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my ex¬ 
pectation is from him. Psalm lxii. 5. 


There needs no higher, as no lower thought, 
Than simply this, by God’s own spirit taught, 

“ May Jesus every clay in all things be 
Well pleased in me ! ” 

So shall thy raiment keep its spotless white, 
Through all the darkest struggles of the night; 

So shall it always be thy sweet reward 

To please the Lord ! A. S. K. 


T OOK mercifully, O Lord, on us thy suppliants, and 
^' enlighten with thy healing goodness the secrets of 
our hearts ; that no dark desires may have possession of 
those whom the light of heavenly grace has renewed: 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 25. 


XJE that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 

Matt. x. 39. 


Teach us, master, how to give 
All we have and are to thee ; 

Grant us, Saviour, while we live, 

Wholly, only thine to be. 

Henceforth be our calling high 
Thee to serve and glorify; 

Ours no longer, but thine own, 

Thine forever, thine alone. 

F. R. Havergal. 


RANT, O merciful God, that without delay we may 
be obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ 
and follow him ; that, forsaking all worldly and carnal 
affections, we may be evermore ready to follow thy holy 
commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JULY 26. 


'T' HO UGH the Lord give you the bread of adver- 
1 sity, and the water of affliction, .... thine 
ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is 
the way, walk ye in it. Isaiah xxx. 20, 21. 


Oh, sacred sorrow ! by whom souls are tried, 

Sent not to punish mortals, but to guide ; 

If thou art mine (and who shall proudly dare 
To tell his maker, he has had a share !), 

Still let me feel for what thy pangs are sent, 

And be my guide, and not my punishment. 

G. Crabbe. 


T ORD, we would accept our trials simply from thy 
•*-' fatherly hands ; entirely resigning ourselves to thy 
blessed will, in all the sorrows that encompass our pil¬ 
grimage. Be thou our guide and our redeemer, O holy 
Jesus. Amen. 


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JULY 27. 


THE Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

Psalm cxlv. 18. 


Why therefore should we do ourselves this wrong, 
Or others, that we are not always strong,- 
That we are ever overborne with care, 

That we should ever weak or heartless be, 
Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, 

And joy and strength and courage are with thee. 

Trench. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, the fountain of all w'isdom, who 
knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ig¬ 
norance in asking ; we beseech thee to have compassion 
upon our infirmities ; and those things, which for our un¬ 
worthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot 
ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 28. 


'T'URN you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of 
1 hope : even to-day do I declare that I will ren¬ 
der double unto thee. Zech. ix. 12. 


Thy knowledge of us makes thy pity most deep : 

Our knowledge of thee bids us trust while we weep : 
For it is when we weep we are often most still: 

They who mourn most, keep often most close to thy will. 

Faber. 


A/TERCIFUL Lord, the comforter of all thy faithful 
’-*• people, confirm, we pray thee, the hearts of those 
who hope in thee, by enabling them to understand the 
depth of thy promises : that we may all behold with the 
eye of faith the light which as yet thou dost not openly 
manifest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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JULY 29. 

—♦— 

P'HEY shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
great goodness, and shall sing of thy right¬ 
eousness. Psalm cxlv. 7. 


Now thank we all our God 

With heart and hands and voices, 

Who wondrous things hath done, 

In whom his world rejoices : 

Who from our mother’s arms 
Hath blessed us on our way 
With countless gifts of love, 

And still is ours to-day. 

M. Rinkart, 1644. 


P'HOU art almighty, all-wise, all-good, O Lord. We 
would believe in thee and love thee in deed and in 
truth, forever. Thou art all truth, and all goodness. We 
would praise and magnify thee, through Jesus, world 
without end. Amen. 


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XJEREIN is love, not that we loved God, but 
that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the 
propitiation for our sins. i John iv. io. 


I love my God, but with no love of mine, 

For I have none to give ; 

I love thee Lord, but all the love is thine, 

For by thy life I live : 

I am as nothing, and rejoice to be 
Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee. 

Madame Guyon. 


O GOD, the strength of all those who put their trust 
in thee; mercifully accept our prayers: and be¬ 
cause we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the 
help of thy grace, that we may please thee; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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JULY 31. 


J70R who knoweth what is good for man in this 
life, all the days of his vain life which he spend- 
eth as a shadow ? Eccles. vi. 12. 


Within the cycle of a day 
How many memories press ; 

From God commissioned in their way 
To chasten or to bless ; 

And each has been, or yet may be, 

A sorrow or a joy to me. 


W. R. C. 


A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, may all that 
is transitory be worthless in our eyes, because of 
thee and all that is thine, dear and precious, and thou 
our God more than all : thus shall we day by day glorify 
thee, in prosperity and adversity ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 




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AUGUST I. 


—•— 

'T'HEY that know thy name will put their trust in 
thee : for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them 
that seek thee. Psalm ix. io. 


My Saviour, ’mid life’s varied scene 
Be thou my stay; 

Guide me, through each perplexing path, 

To perfect day. 

In weakness and in sin I stand ; 

Still faith shall clasp thy mighty hand, 

And follow at thy dear command. 

Godwin. 


T ORD, what is my confidence which I have in this 
life ? Is it not thou, O Lord my God, whose mer¬ 
cies are without number ? In thee, therefore, O God, I 
place my whole hope and refuge, for thou art my hope, 
my confidence, and my all: for my Redeemer’s sake. 
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AUGUST 2. 


"yE shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall 
search for me with all your heart. 

Jer. xxix. 13. 


God only is the creature’s home, 

Though rough and straight the road; 

Yet nothing less can satisfy 
The love that longs for God. 

How little of that road, my soul ! 

How little hast thou gone ! 

Take heart, and let the thought of God 
Allure thee farther on. 

Faber. 


CHOW the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord, 
^ and grant that while our desire is set on thy com¬ 
mandments, we may receive with open heart the spirit 
of wisdom and understanding. We ask it for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 3. 



WHOSOEVER drinketh of the water that I 
VV shall give him, shall never thirst 

John iv. 14. 


Oh ! Christ, he is the fountain, 
The deep sweet well of love ! 
The streams on earth I’ve tasted, 
More deep I ’ll drink above ; 
There to an ocean fulness, 

His mercy doth expand, 

And glory — glory dwelleth 
In Immanuel’s land. 


/"V GOD, with whom is the well of life, and in whose 
light we see light ; impart to our thirsting souls 
the draught of life, and restore to our darkened minds 
the light from heaven. We ask it for Jesus Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 4. 


J ET your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father which is in heaven. Matt. v. 16. 


Stars are of mighty use ; the night 
Is dark and long ; 

The road foul; and where one goes right 
Six may go wrong. 

One twinkling ray, 

Shot o’er some cloud, 

May clear much way 
And guide a crowd. 

Henry Vaughn. 


("A JESUS ! light of the world, the way, the truth, and 
the life, lighten my eyes, and lead me in the way of 
thy commandments, for therein is my desire ; and help 
me ever to lead some brother’s heart to thee, thou ever¬ 
lasting light ! and to thee be the glory. Amen. 




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AUGUST 5. 


TJE leadeth me beside the still waters. He re- 
11 storeth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his Name’s sake. 

Psalm xxiii. 2, 3. 


Oft in a waste and desert land, 

He leads to wayside brooks at hand, 

Whose living waters, as they flow, 

Make ceaseless music, glad and low; 

And in their cool, restoring rest, 

Mv soul is comforted and blest. 

3 M. K. A. S. 


L OOK down from heaven, O Christ, on thy flock and 
lambs, and bless their bodies and souls. Grant 
those who have received thy sign, O Christ,, on their 
foreheads, to be thine own in the day of judgment. 
Amen. 


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AUGUST 6. 


T TT not all the trouble seem little before thee, 
that hath come upon us. Neh. ix. 32. 

For we have not a high-priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities. 

Heb. iv. 15. 


The little worries which we meet each day 
May lie as stumbling blocks across our way, 

Or we may make them stepping-stones to be 
Of grace, O Christ, to thee. 

A. E. Hamilton. 


GOD, who hast forbidden us to be anxious about 
the things of this life ; grant, we beseech thee, that 
we may devotedly follow after what belongeth to thee, 
and that all things salutary may be granted to us; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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AUGUST 7. 

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"T^HE Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; he 
shall preserve thy soul. Psalm cxxi. 7. 


Father ! beneath thy sheltering wing 
In sweet security we rest, 

And fear no evil earth can bring, 

In life, in death, supremely blest. 

And good it is to bear the cross, 

And so thy perfect peace to win : 

And naught is ill, nor brings us loss, 

Nor works us harm save only sin. 

W. H. Burleigh. 


rAUR Father in heaven, grant, we beseech thee, unto 
us, in this transitory life, all things necessary to the 
health of our bodies and our souls, and that this life 
ended we may live with thee in joy everlasting, for the 
sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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AUGUST 8. 


TN the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy 
comforts delight my soul. 

Psalm xciv. 19. 


I long to praise thee more, and yet 
This is no care to me, 

If thou shalt fill my mouth with songs, 

Then I will sing to thee ; 

And if my silence praise thee best, 

Then silent I will be. 

F. R. Havergal. 


'T'HOU knowest, O Lord, what most I require: help 
me, O God, and out of the treasure of thy goodness, 
succor thou my needy soul. Behold, I am thy servant, O 
God ! give me understanding and kindle my affections 
that I may know and do thy will. I ask it for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 9. 


T'HE Lord is the portion of my inheritance and 
of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The 
lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I 


have a goodly heritage. 


Psalm xvi. 5, 6. 


O earth ! thou art too beautiful, 

And thou, dear home ! thou art too sweet, 

The winning ways of flesh and blood 
Too smooth for sinner’s pilgrim feet. 

The woods and flowers, and running streams. 

The sunshine of the common skies, 

The round of household peace, what heart 
But owns the might of these dear ties ? 

F. W. Faber. 


CHOW me, O merciful Lord, the nothingness of earthly 
^ things, that I may know their vanity, and use them 
only for thy glory, and my own salvation, looking ever 
beyond them to thee and thy eternal great reward. I 
ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 10. 

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J 70 R we are laborers together with God. 

i Cor. iii. 9. 


And all is thine : the seed we sow, 

The hand that sows it, and the faith 
That clings to what thy mercy saith, 

And trusts where now it may not know. 

So here I cast upon thy heart 
The souls I long to see thee save : 

Thy mercy, Lord, for them I crave. 

Saviour of sinners while thou art. l. 


AA/’E beseech thee, O Lord, let the strong crying of those 
v v who labor with thee ascend to the ears of thy lov¬ 
ing-kindness ; look mercifully, O good shepherd, on thy 
flock; and suffer not the sheep which thou hast re¬ 
deemed with precious blood to be torn in pieces by the 
assault of the devil. Amen. 


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AUGUST II. 


T WOULD have you wise unto that which is 
1 good, and simple concerning evil. 

Rom. xvi. 19. 


They who have kept their spirit’s virgin whiteness 
Undimmed by folly, and unstained by sin, 

And made their foreheads radiant with the brightness 
Of the pure truth whose temple is within, 

They shall see God. 


'C'ROM coldness to thy merits and death, from error 
" and misunderstanding, from the unhappy desire of 
becoming great, from self-complacency, from untimely 
projects, from needless perplexity, from the influence of 
the spirit of this world, from all sin, preserve us, gra¬ 
cious Lord! Amen. 


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AUGUST 12. 


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T WILL sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I 
will sing praise to my God while I have my 


being. 


Psalm civ. 33. 


O strong to save and bless, 
My rock and righteousness ! 

Draw near to me : 
Blessing and joy and might, 
Wisdom and love and light, 
Are all with thee. 


H. Bonar. 


O CHRIST, the Word of the Most High Father, who 
wast made flesh to dwell among us : enter into our 
hearts, that all we who have been redeemed by the mys¬ 
tery of thine incarnation, may remain united in the fel¬ 
lowship of perpetual peace. Amen. 




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AUGUST 13. 


T-TE staggered not at the promise of God through 
11 unbelief ; but was strong in faith, giving glory 
to God; and being fully persuaded, that what he 
had promised, he was able also to perform. 

Rom. iv. 20, 21. 


God’s justice is a bed, where we 
Our anxious hearts may lay, 

And, weary with ourselves, may sleep 
Our discontent away. 

For right is right, since God is God ; 

And right the day must win ; 

To doubt would be disloyalty, 

To falter would be sin. Faber. 


A HOLY SPIRIT, enlighten my mind that I may per- 
ceive and embrace all the mysteries of the deep 
things of God; that in the end I may be meet in thy 
light clearly to see the eternal light, and may come unto 
a perfect knowledge of thee, and of the Father, and of 
the Son. Amen. 


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AUGUST 14. 


THE God of all grace, who hath called us unto 
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye 
have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, 
strengthen, settle you. i Peter v. io. 


My soul were dark 

But for the golden light and rainbow hue 
That, sweeping heaven with their triumphal arc, 
Break on the view. 

Enough to feel 

That God indeed is good ! enough to know 
Without the gloomy clouds he could reveal 
No beauteous bow. 

Rev. Wm. Croswell. 


THY promises, O Lord, are very precious unto us. 

Make us to trust thee whatsoever troubles may op¬ 
press us, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 15. 

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T^HE Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom 
shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my 
life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

Psalm xxvii. i. 


A temper sweet, a smiling face, 

Hands not much soiled by shame and sin, 

How much is due to sunny days, 

How much to light and strength within. 

Should sorrow pierce me through and through, 
Should riches flee on sudden wings, 

Would heart and smile keep warm and true, 

With joy from still untroubled springs ? 

W. M. L. Jay. 


TN all time of our prosperity ; in all time of our tribula- 
tion ; good Lord deliver us ! for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 16. 


JTOR I came down from heaven, not to do mine 
own will, but the will of him that sent me. 

John vi. 38. 


I spent long years for thee, 

In weariness and woe, 

That one eternity 

Of joy thou mightest know; 

I spent long years for thee ; 

Hast thou spent one for me ? 

From the German. 


A LMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son 
to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justifi¬ 
cation : grant us so to put away the leaven of malice 
and wickedness, that we may always serve thee in pure¬ 
ness of living and truth, through the merits of the same 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 17. 


THE secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
1 him ; and he will show them his covenant. 

Psalm xxv. 14. 


Thou knowest, Lord, the hidden cross 
None else may see ; 

For thou appointest every grief 
That chastens me ! 

And I may plead with thee, my God, 
For patient strength, 

That this thy discipline of love 


Bear fruit at length. 


A. S. K. 


PROTECT, O Lord, thy suppliants, support their 
weakness, and wash away their earthly stains ; and 
while they walk amid the darkness of this mortal life, 
do thou ever quicken them by thy light; deliver them in 
thy mercy from all evils, and grant them to attain the 
height of good : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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AUGUST 18. 


J-JEAR, O my son, and receive my sayings ; and 
the years of thy life shall be many. 

Prov. iv. io. 


May he who giveth gifts indeed, 

Whose servant, soldier, child, you are, 

Give faith and strength for every need, 

For every day some work of love, 

For every year some growth in grace,' 

Till in the glorious courts above, 

You meet the sunshine of his face. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


TTEAVENLY Father have mercy upon us. Keep us 
-*• continually under thy protection, and direct us ac¬ 
cording to thy gracious favor in the way of everlasting 
salvation : assist us with thy heavenly help that we may 
ever diligently serve thee, and by no temptations be sep¬ 
arated from thee: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 19. 


i thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life. Rev. ii. io. 


When faith and love, which parted from thee never, 
Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God, 

Meekly thou didst resign this earthly load 
Of death, called life ; which us from life doth sever. 
Thy works, and alms, and all thy good endeavor, 
Stayed not behind, nor in thy grave were trod ; 

But, as faith pointed with her golden rod, 

Followed thee up to joy and bliss forever. 

Milton. 


SAVIOUR of love and peace, who didst pour out 
thy blood for our redemption : bestow upon us thy 
mercy, that when thou shalt command us to depart out 
of this body, the enemy may have no power over us, but 
that angels may bear us to that home where light and 
life reigns, world without end. Amen. 


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AUGUST 20. 

■ 

T'HOU, Lord, hast made me glad through thy 
works. Psalm xcii. 4. 


Give true hearts but earth and sky, 

And some flowers to bloom and die, — 

Homely scenes and simple views 
Lowly thoughts may best infuse. 

Every leaf in every nook, 

Every wave in every brook, 

Chanting with a solemn voice, 

Minds us of our better choice. Keble. 


DE present, O Lord, to thy suppliants, and graciously 
protect those who place their whole trust in thy 
mercy : that, being cleansed from sin, they may continue 
in holy living, and enjoying with gratitude thy temporal 
blessings, they may at last attain the inheritance of the 
saints in light. We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 21. 


'T'HOU wilt show me the path of life : in thy 
presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand 
there are pleasures for evermore. 

Psalm xvi. u. 


As the deep blue of heaven brightens into stars, 

So God’s great love shines forth in promises, 

Which, falling softly through our prison-bars, 

Daze not our eyes, but with their soft light bless. 
Ladders of light God sets against the skies, 

Upon whose golden rungs we step by step arise, 

Until we tread the halls of paradise. 

Ecce Agnus Dei. 


/"A GOD, the life of the faithful, the Saviour and guar- 
^ dian of those that love thee, increase in us grace, 
mercy, and peace, that having by thy favor been carried 
through a happy life, we may at last attain to the height 
of heavenly joys, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 22. 


TS it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, 
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my 
sorrow, which is done unto me. Lam. i. 12. 


Christ’s sighs 

Are borne to us across the sea of years ; 
Christ’s eyes 

We see still filled for us with human tears, 
Yet from this vision of the Christ, we part 
Unmelted and unmoved ; 

Piercing his tender heart 
Which hath so loved, 

With one more dart. 


A. E. Hamilton. 


LORD JESUS, make us to mourn both for thee 
and for ourselves : for thy sufferings, and for our 
sins which caused them, and make this sorrow move us 
to a repentance not to be repented of. Amen. 


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AUGUST 23. 


HTHOU drewest near in the day that I called 
A upon thee : thou saidst, Fear not. 

Lam. iii. 57. 


Then come what may, we ’ll humbly wait, 

His arm was never bared too late ; 

The promise will not, cannot fail, 

Though dark the night, the morn will break : 

His own the Lord will not forsake : 

The prayer of faith shall yet prevail, 

And we shall deem the trial sweet 
That laid us waiting at his feet. 

A. F. Gardiner. 


O 


GOD, who hast willed that the gate of mercy should 
stand open to the faithful: look on us, and have 
mercy upon us, that we who by thy grace are following 
the path of thy will, may never turn aside from the ways 
of life : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 24. 

TESUS answered and said unto him, Because I 
J said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, be- 
lievest thou ? thou shalt see greater things than 
these. John i. 50. 


The child-like faith, that asks not sight, 
Waits not for wonder or for sign, 
Believes, because it loves, aright, 

Shall see things greater, things divine. 

Heaven to that gaze shall open wide, 
And brightest angels to and fro, 

On messages of love shall glide, 

’Twixt God above, and Christ below. 


Keble. 


("A HOLY SPIRIT, possess my heart, incline it to a 
true faith in thee, to a holy love of thee, my God, 
that with my whole soul I may seek thee, and find thee 
my best, my truest joy. I ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 






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AUGUST 25. 


T WOULD have you without carefulness. 

^ i Cor. vii. 32. 


No anxious thought upon my brow 
The watching world should see, 

No carefulness, oh, child of God 
For nothing careful be ; 

But cast thou all thy care on him 
Who always cares for thee. 

F. R. Havergal. 


TV/TERCIFULLY regard, O Lord, the prayers of thy 
family, and while they submit themselves to thee 
with their whole heart, do thou prosper, support, encom¬ 
pass them ; that relying on thee as their guide, they may 
be entangled in no evils, but be replenished with all 
good : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 26. 


[ WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. My help cometh from 
the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 

Psalm cxxi. i, 2. 


Blest is the faith divine and strong, 

Of thanks and praise an endless fountain, 
Whose life is one perpetual song, 

High up the Saviour’s holy mountain. 

Blest is the hope that holds to God 
In doubt and darkness still unshaken, 

And sings along the heavenly road, 

Sweetest when most it seems forsaken. 

Faber. 


TU’E beseech thee, O Christ, continually to strengthen 
’ V us by a sincere faith in thee, and grant that we may 
not lay the foundations of our faith on the sand where 
the whirlwind may overthrow them, but be established 
on the rock which is steadfast in thee. Amen. 


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AUGUST 27. 


COW to yourselves in righteousness, reap in 
^ mercy; break up your fallow ground : for it is 
time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain right¬ 
eousness upon you. Hosea x. 12. 


The lines are sorrow, pain, and loss, 

Blotted and black they run across 
My life : yet read I in between, 

“ Before the harvest e’er is seen, 

God sendeth showers of heavy rain 
To wash the ways out, soak the earth, 

That flowers and fruit may come to birth, 

And valleys laugh with grain ! ” 

W. M. L. Jay. 


Z"'' RANT, O merciful Saviour, that while I follow thee 
along this way of sorrow, my heart may be so 
touched with true contrition, that I may be willing to ac¬ 
cept cheerfully for thy sake, all the suffering and humil¬ 
iations of this my pilgrimage on earth : for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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AUGUST 28. 


'T'HERE shall no evil befall thee ; for he shall 
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee 
in all thy ways. Psalm xci. io, n. 


God shall charge his angel legions 
Watch and ward o’er thee to keep : 

Though thou walk through hostile regions, 
Though in desert wilds thou sleep. 

Since with pure and firm affection, 

Thou on God hast set thy love, 

With the wings of his protection, 

He will shield thee from above. 

James Montgomery. 


GOD, who vouchsafest to send thy holy angels to 
have a charge over us : grant that we, thy humble 
servants, may both be evermore defended by their pro¬ 
tection, and also rejoice in their eternal companionship 
hereafter, with thee, O Christ, the king of glory, for 
whose sake we offer up our imperfect prayers. Amen. 


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AUGUST 29. 


WHEN he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 
** before them, and the sheep follow him: for 
they know his voice. John x. 4. 


What though the path be up-hill, bare and lone, 

Drear to the eye, and rough to weary feet ? 

What though it wind o’er heights, through depths un¬ 
known, 

Where shadows gather, and where storm-waves beat ? 
Our shepherd leads the way, 

As well by night as day, 

And when he leads, we cannot go astray. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


Q HEAVENLY FATHER, guide us by thy divine 
^ grace into the path of thy holy will, that we may be 
accounted worthy to hear thy voice, and to follow thee, 
the only mighty and true shepherd, and to obtain the 
place prepared in thy heavenly kingdom : through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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AUGUST 30. 

—*— 

[ WILL strengthen them in the Lord; and they 
shall walk up and down in his name, saith the 
Lord. Zech. x. 12. 


Strong Son of God, immortal love, 

Whom we that have not seen thy face, 

By faith, and faith alone embrace, 

Believing, where we cannot prove ! 

Thou seemest human and divine, 

The highest, holiest manhood thou : 

Our wills are ours, we know not how; 

Our wills are ours, to make them thine. 

Tennyson. 


GOD, who bestowest thy mercy at all times on them 
that love thee, and in no place art distant from those 
that serve thee ; direct the way of us thy servants in thy 
will, that having thee for our protector and guide, we 
may walk without stumbling in the paths of righteous¬ 
ness : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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AUGUST 31. 

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THE Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
1 deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I 
will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salva¬ 
tion, and my high tower. Psalm xviii. 2. 


What though my sinfulness be great, 
Redeeming love is greater : 

What though all hell should lie in wait, 
Supreme is my Creator : 

And he my rock and fortress is, 

And when most helpless, most I’m his, 

My strength and my Redeemer. 

Martin Luther, 1524. 


G RANT us, O Lord, to enter on the service of our 
Christian warfare, ever fortified by thee, that as we 
are to fight against spiritual foes, thou, O Captain of our 
salvation, will evermore help and defend us, for thine 
own sake, O Jesus ! world without end. Amen. 




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SEPTEMBER I. 



) teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

Psalm xc. 12. 


Have I laid by from summer hours 
Ripe fruits as well as leaves and flowers ? 
Hath my past year a growth to harden, 
As well as fewer sins to pardon ? 

Is God in all things more and more 
A king within me than before ? 

I know not, yet one change hath come, — 
The world feels less and less a home. 


Faber. 


f'' RANT unto us, O Lord, to pass the residue of our 
days on earth, in fulness of peace and holiness, 
without sin and stumbling. For it is thine to pity and 
to save, O Christ our God. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 3. 


the Lord will command his loving kindness 
in the day-time, and in the night his song shall 
be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my 
life. Psalm xlii. 8. 


When dancing sunbeams ’round me shine, 

And peace and happiness embrace, 

I know the glory is not mine, 

But just the brightness of thy face ! 

When darkness gathers ’round my path, 

And all my song-birds cease to sing, 

I know it is not sent in wrath, 

’T is but the shadow of thy wing ! 

W. M. L. Jay. 


HTHINE is the day, O Lord, and thine is the night: 
*■ grant that the sun of righteousness may abide in 
our hearts, to drive away all the darkness of sin or of 
sorrow, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 4. 




us this day our daily bread. 

Matt. vi. u. 


I think not of to-morrow, 

Its trial, or its task, 

But still with childlike spirit 
For present mercies ask. 
With each returning morning, 
I cast old things away : 
Life’s journey lies before me : 
My prayer is for to-day. 



CINCE it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father, that an- 
^ other day is added to our lives, we dedicate both 
our souls and our bodies to thee and thy service in a 
sober, righteous, and godly life, that as we grow in age 
we may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 5. 

—•— 

"COR I have satiated the weary soul, and I have 
replenished every sorrowful soul. 

Jer. xxxi. 25. 


Lord, dwell within my heart, and fill 
Its emptiness; 

Set thou its hope above the reach 
Of earthliness ; 

Baptize its love, through suffering, 
Into thine own, 

And work in me a faith that rests 
On Christ alone. 


A. S. K. 


T BELIEVE, O my God and Father : do thou help 
-*■ mine unbelief ; and every day more and more increase 
my faith, till itself shall be done away, and turned into 
the most perfect vision of thee : for Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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TyAIT on the Lord : be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on 

Psalm xxvii. 14. 


the Lord. 


Break through the brambles and briers that obstruct 
thee; 

Dread not the gloom and the blackness of night: 

Lean on the hand that will safely conduct thee ; 

Trust to his eye to whom darkness is light. 


{'''RANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that they who lean 
only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may ever¬ 
more be defended by thy mighty power, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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SEPTEMBER 7. 


r jpHE blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 
from all sin. i John i. 7. 

Let us search and tty our ways, and turn again 
to the Lord. Lam. iii. 40. 


No mortal lives, with record black as mine. 

Who ne’er has done aught worthy praise divine, 
Save this, that my sole trust I’ve placed in thee; 
My hope alone is in thy pardon free ; 

No treasure bring I thee this trust besides. 

O God! leave not the soul that thus confides. 

From the Persian. Saadi, 13TH Century. 


LORD, take my heart, for I cannot give it, and 
when thou hast it, oh, keep it, for I cannot keep it 
for thee, and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus 
Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 8. 



T>UT Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid 
them not, to come unto me : for of such is the 
kingdom of heaven. • Matt. xix. 14. 


Then be it as my Father wills, 

I will not weep for thee ; 

Thou livest, joy thy spirit fills, 

Pure sunshine thou dost see, 

The sunshine of eternal rest; 

Abide, my child, where thou art blest, 

I with our friends will onward fare, 

And, when God wills, shall find thee there. 

Paul Gerhardt, 1650. 


MOST loving Jesus, who dost bid us even now to 
suffer little children to come unto thee, and to forbid 
them not, give us grace ourselves so to live, that at 
length they may be ours again, in the kingdom of heaven. 
We ask it for thine own Name’s sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 9. 

♦ ■ 

POR here have we no continuing city, but we 
seek one to come. Heb. xiii. 14. 


Years pass away, new crosses come ; 

Past sorrow is a sort of home, — 

An exile’s home, and only lent 
For needful rest in banishment. 

It narrows life and walls it in, 

And shuts the door on many a sin ; 

’T is almost like a calm fireside, 

Where humble hearts are fain to bide. 

Faber. 


/''Y GOD of mercy, be present to thy servants who 
everywhere confide in thee : and through all the 
way they have to go, be thou their guide and companion. 
May all things turn out happily and prosperously for 
them, in time and in eternity. We ask it for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 10. 


♦ 


'T'HEY that had gotten the victory .... stand 
1 on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God, and the song of the Lamb. 


Rev. xv. 2, 3. 


Let me with my heart to-day, 

Holy, holy, holy, singing, 

Rapt awhile from earth away, 

All my soul to thee upspringing, 
Have a foretaste inly given 

How they worship thee in heaven. 


B. Schmolck, 1731. 


with angels and archangels, and with 



all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy 


glorious name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, 
holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth 
are full of thy glory ! Glory be to thee, O Lord ! Amen. 




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SEPTEMBER II. 


JN your patience possess ye your souls. 


Luke xxi. 19. 


God doth not need 


Either man’s work, or his own gifts : who best 
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state 
Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed, 

And post o’er land and ocean without rest: 

They also serve who only stand and wait. 


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us, O Jesus, with patient submission 
, that when we are bidden to “ only 


stand and wait,” we may believe that thou canst make 
our infirmities even to glorify thy holy Name, who ever 
livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 
one God, world without end. Amen. 


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("'OD is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwell- 
eth in God, and God in him. 

i John iv. 16. 


With all thy heart, with all thy soul and mind, 
Thou must him love, and his behests embrace ; 

All other loves with which the world doth blind, 
Make fancies and stir up affections base, 

Thou must renounce and utterly displace, 

And give thyself unto him full and free 
That full and freely gave himself to thee. 

Spenser. 


G RANT me, I beseech thee, Almighty God, fervently 
to desire, wisely to search out, and perfectly to ful¬ 
fil, all that is well-pleasing unto thee. We ask it for thy 
Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 13. 


^TEITHER will I offer burnt-offerings unto the 
Lord my God of that which doth cost me noth¬ 
ing. 2 Sam. xxiv. 24. 


The spirit of self-sacrifice 
Stays not to count its price. 

Christ did not of his mere abundance cast 
Into the empty treasury of man's store ; 

The first and last 

Gave until even he could give no more — 

His very jiving. 

Such was Christ’s giving. e. H. 


TTELP me, O God, to forget all the world, to give up 
all the world for thee, O dearest Saviour. Keep 
me, hold me up forever, O Lord God of my salvation ! 
I ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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'THE fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek¬ 
ness, temperance. Gal. v. 22, 23. 


Thy home is with the humble, Lord ! 

The simple are thy rest; 

Thy lodging is in childlike hearts ; 

Thou makest there thy nest. 

Dear Comforter ! eternal love ! 

If thou wilt stay with me, 

Of lowly thoughts and simple ways 
I ’ll build a nest for thee. 

Faber. 


RANT me, I beseech thee, O Lord, fervently to de- 
sire, and perfectly to fulfil all that is well-pleasing 
unto thee. May all that is thine be dear and precious 
unto me, and thou, my God, more than all: in life and 
death may I glorify thee, for thy sake, O Jesus. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 15. 

—♦— 

'J'HE Lord watch between me and thee. 

Gen. xxxi. 49. 


Our sweet and holy union 
Knows neither time nor place : 

The love that God hath planted 
Is lasting as his grace : 

We tread one path to glory, 

Are guided by one hand, 

And led by faith and patience 
Unto one father-land. 

Hymns from the Land of Luther. 


TT is thine, O blessed Spirit, to lead us in the ways of 
x life. Hold up our goings in this evil world. Where 
thou art, there is pleasantness and safe guidance. Lead 
us on, therefore, thou steadfast light, from stage to stage 
of life’s journey, till we stand before God, in the life 
everlasting. We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 16. 


'T'HE Lord is my portion, saith my soul; there- 
fore will I hope in him. Lam. iii. 24. 


Author of good, to thee we turn : 

Thine ever wakeful eye 
Alone can all our wants discern, 
Thy hand alone supply. 

Oh, let thy love within us dwell, 
Thy fear our footsteps guide ; 
That love shall vainer loves expel, 
That fear all fears besides. 


Merrick. 


TV/T AKE us, we beseech thee, gracious Lord, obedient to 
thy commandments, for then shall all things go 
prosperously with us, if we follow the author of our 
whole life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 17. 


TF thou wilt enter into life, keep the command¬ 
ments. Matt. xix. 17. 


Seek counsel at no worldly wisdom’s shrine, 
But try thy walk by God’s high rule divine; 
Asking at every step his will to prove — 


Will Christ approve ? 


Put every thought of self and sin away, 
Forget thine own bright crown, and only pray 
That Christ, thy all , whatever else betide, 


Be glorified! 


A. S. K. 



GOD, order thou my worldly condition 


- r *- to the honor and glory of thy holy Name, and of 
all that thou givest me to do, grant me the knowledge, 
the desire, and the ability, that I may fulfil it as I ought, 
and thus ever live to thy honor and glory; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 18. 


VyE are confident, I say, and willing rather to be 
V V absent from the body, and to be present with 
the Lord. 2 Cor. v. 8. 


O Friend of souls ! how blest the time 
When in thy love I rest; 

When from my weariness I climb 
E’en to thy tender breast! 

The night of sorrow endeth there, 

The rays outshine the sun, 

And in thy pardon and thy care 
The heaven of heavens is won. 

W. C. Dessler, 1692. 


TNSPIRE our hearts with gladness, thou who alone art 
the fountain of solid, pure, and permanent joy, and 
lead us by the paths of righteousness and grace, to the 
rest and the light of glory, for Jesus Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 20. 


'T'HE excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom 
giveth life to them that have it. 

Eccles. vii. 12. 


My soul appears, as I get old, 

More prompt in act, in prayer less cold. 
Crosses, from use, more lightly press ; 
Mirth is more purely weariness ; 

With less to quarrel with in life, 

I grow less patient with its strife ; 

I wish more simply, Lord, to be, 

Ailing or well, always with thee ! 


Faber. 


"[/"EEP me, Lord, now, and at all times. Never let me 
think, whatever age or station I attain, that I am 
strong enough to maintain the combat without thee. 
Nor ever let me imagine myself so weak, that thou canst 
not support me ! May I be in all things kept by thee, 
for my Saviour’s sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 21. 


TTE saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, 
and followed him. Matt. ix. 9. 


If I find him, if I follow, 

What my guerdon here ? 

“ Many a conflict, many a labor, 

Many a tear.” 

Finding, following, keeping, struggling, 

Is he sure to bless ? 

“ Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, 
Answerer /” 

S. Stephen the Sabaite, trans. by Neale. 


rA CHRIST, our Master, let our souls always desire 
thee, and seek thee, and find thee ! Be thou in all 
our thoughts, our words, our actions, that being sancti¬ 
fied by thee here, we may be glorified with thee hereaf¬ 
ter. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 22. 

—•— 

''FHERE shall be no night there. 

Rev. xxi. 25. 


No night of woe, to fall between our eyes 
And gladsome summer skies ! 

No night of sin, to grow and never cease 
. Betwixt our hearts and peace ! 

No night of death, to darken drearily 
Between our souls and thee ! 

Ah ! through these nights, guide us, 

Dear Lord, we pray, 

Up to that nightless day ! 

W. M. L. Jay. 


O ETERNAL light, who dost excel and efface every 
other light, from the height of heaven do thou en¬ 
lighten me, purify my soul, shed into it thy divine bright¬ 
ness, that at length I may behold thee in thy heavenly 
kingdom, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 23. 


—*— 

TJE hath delivered my soul in peace from the 
battle that was against me. 

Psalm lv. 18. 


I know that heavenly joy is sweet, 

I know thy name is love , 

But, after life’s long toil and heat, 

Peace most my soul doth move, 

Peace seems the word of words complete, 

Thy gift all gifts above. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


"HRAW us, blessed Jesus, and we will run after thee 
in the path of life : may we follow thee, O Lamb of 
God, whithersoever thou goest, through affliction, perse¬ 
cution, even death itself ; that our portion may be for¬ 
ever with thee, in thy kingdom of peace and love. 
Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 24. 


""THOUGH he slay me, yet will I trust in him. 
1 JOBxiii. 15. 


All light is darkness, when I think 
Of what may be my fate ; 

Yet hearts will trust, and hope can teach 
Both faith and love to wait. 

What can I do but trust thee, Lord! 

For thou art God alone ? 

My soul is safer in thy hands, 

Father, than in my own. 


Faber. 


T ORD, abate thou my afflictions, or increase my pa- 
tience! But, Lord, I would repine not: I am 
dumb, O Lord, before thee, because thou doest it. I 
trust thee for my Saviour’s sake. Amen. 


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J70R. he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 

Heb. xi. 27. 


Y et not without a guide I wend 
My unseen way, by day, by night; 

Close by my side there walks a Friend, 

Strong, tender, true, — I trust his sight: 

He sees my way, before, behind, 

Though I am blind. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


YyE beseech thee, Almighty God, to listen to our 
* V prayers, and to pour out upon us thy loving tender¬ 
ness, that we may be ever strengthened in the way by 
thy presence, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 26. 


HEAVINESS in the heart of man maketh it 
A ^ stoop : but a good word maketh it glad. 

Prov. xii. 25. 


In our foolish blindness 
We despise 

The small power of kindness 
Which within us lies — 

The power of gentle lips 
And eyes. 

And yet, in loving human faces 
God’s sunshine visits saddened places. 


A. E. H. 


Z"'' RANT, O Lord, that we who by the darkness of our 
sins are turned aside from brotherly love, may by 
thy light, shed forth in our souls, be filled with thine own 
sweetness, and embrace our friends in thee, in bonds of 
mutual affection, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 




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SEPTEMBER 27. 

—♦— 

T70R as the heaven is high above the earth, so 
great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he 
removed our transgressions from us. 

Psalm ciii. n, 12. 


There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, 

Like the wideness of the sea : 

There’s a kindness in his justice, 

Which is more than liberty. 

There is no place where earth’s sorrows 
Are more felt than up in heaven ; 

There is no place where earth’s failings 
Have such kindly judgment given. 

Faber. 


WE beseech thee, O Lord, in thy forgiving love, turn 
* * away what we deserve for our sins, nor let our of¬ 
fences prevail before thee, but let thy mercy always rise 
up to overcome them; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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SEPTEMBER 28. 


■DEMEMBER the word unto thy servant, upon 
which thou hast caused me to hope. 

Psalm cxix. 49. 


Fearest sometimes that thy Father 
Hath forgot ? 

When the clouds around thee gather, 
Doubt him not. 

Always hath the daylight broken, 
Always hath he comfort spoken, 
Better hath he been for years 
Than thy fears. 


T T A ST thou not told me, O Lord, that thou art my 
Father ? Oh, then, silence my fears, and as thou 
hast given me the claim and title of a child, so give me 
the confidence of a child. I ask it for Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 




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y^RE they not all ministering spirits, sent forth 
to minister for them who shall be heirs of sal¬ 
vation ? Heb. i. 14. 


Lovingly they come to help us, when our faith is cold 
and weak, 

Guiding us along the pathway to the blessed home we 
seek: 

In our hearts we hear their voices, breathing sympathy 
and love, 

Echoes of the spirit-language, in the sinless world 
above. 


EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and con- 
stituted the services of angels and men in a won¬ 
derful order ; mercifully grant, that as thy holy angels 
always do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appoint¬ 
ment, they may succor and defend us on earth ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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f“)UR heart shall rejoice in him, because we have 
^ trusted in his holy name. 

Psalm xxxiii. 21. 


Give me, O Lord, whate’er my lot may be, 

A heart to look to, and to lean on thee : 

Teach me the thing that pleaseth thee to do, 

And make my life to my profession true. 

Let me, my Saviour, on thy breast recline ; 

Thy words my comfort, my devotion thine : 

My life’s best joy thy promises to prove, 

Trust in thy truth, and triumph in thy love. 

Monsell. 


MOST merciful Father, continue thy grace toward 
^ us ; apparel us thoroughly with Christ, that he may 
live in us, and so thy name be glorified in us, in the 
sight of all the world. We ask it for Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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OCTOBER I. 

— ♦ — 

("“OMMIT thy way unto the Lord; trust also in 
him : and he shall bring it to pass. 

Psalm xxxvii. 5. 


Since all the coming scenes of time 
God’s watchful eye surveys, 

Oh who so wise to choose our lot, 
And regulate our ways ? 

Since none can doubt his equal love, 
Immeasurably kind, 

To his unerring, gracious will, 

Be every wish resigned. 


Hervey. 


T TSE me, O Lord, I beseech thee, as the instrument of 
thy glory ; and honor me so far as, either by doing 
or suffering what thou shalt appoint, to bring some 
revenue of praise to thee, and of benefit to the world in 
which I dwell. I ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 2. 


—•— 

TJ E shall drink of the brook in the way : there- 
1L fore shall he lift up the head. 

Psalm cx. 7 . 


Jesu, the heart’s own sweetness, and true light, 
Thou art the secret fountain that o’erflows 
The weary soul, surpassing all delight, 

In whom each anxious longing finds repose. 

He whom thy love makes glad as with new wine, 

He knows that knowledge which is from above; 
Full blest is he ; that fulness is divine, 

4nd there is nothing else that he can love. 

Trans, by Bp. Williams. 


O LORD JESUS CHRIST, be thou near us to de¬ 
fend us, within us to refresh us, around us to pre¬ 
serve us, before us to guide us, behind us to justify us, 
and above us to bless us. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 3. 


'Y'HAT the trial of your faith, being much more 
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it 
be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and 
honor, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 
receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation 
of your souls. i Peter i. 7, 9. 


A Christless cross, no refuge here for me . 

A crossless Christ my Saviour might not be; 

But, O Christ crucified ! I rest in thee. 

A. E. H. 


''PHOU infinitely Holy One, do thou wash away my past 
A sins in thy precious blood, and have mercy upon me 
now and at the hour of my death, for thy blessed sake. 
Amen. 


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OCTOBER 5. 


"pHE Lord shall command the blessing upon 
thee, in all that thou settest thine hand unto. 

Deut. xxviii. 8. 


O happy house ! where man and wife in heart, 

In faith, and hope are one ; 

That neither life nor death can ever part, 

The holy union here begun : 

Where both are sharing one salvation, 

And live before thee, Lord, always, 

In gladness or in tribulation, 

In happy or in evil days. Spitta. 


TTEAR us, holy Father almighty, and be pleased to 
^ guard, protect, cherish, visit, and defend all who 
dwell in this habitation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 




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OCTOBER 6. 


"LIE shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable 
1 unto him • and he shall see his face with joy. 

Job xxxiii. 26. 


Every prayer of humble faith, 

Up to God doth find its way ; 

But he many answers hath 

For his children when they pray. 

For his wisdom knoweth better 

Than their weakness what they need : 

To the spirit, not the letter, 

Of their prayer he giveth heed. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


CTRETCH forth, O Lord, thy mercy over thy servants, 
^ even the right hand of heavenly help : that they may 
seek thee with their whole heart, and obtain what they 
rightly ask for : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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jyjY grace is sufficient for thee. 


2 Cor. xii. 9. 


O patient Christ! let me but taste the joy 
Of sympathy with thee, 

Then must thy love transfigure with its light 
The darkest cross for me ! 

For in thy fellowship all loss is gain, 

Though flesh and heart be riven. A. S. K. 


A LMIGHTY FATHER, who dost correct those thou 
dost love, and chasten every one whom thou dost 
receive, send thy mercy upon us, that we may be so pa¬ 
tient under all the sorrows of life, that whensoever our 
souls shall depart from our bodies, they may be without 
spot presented unto thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 


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—•— 


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any man sin, we have an advocate with the 
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is 
the propitiation for our sins. 

i John ii. i, 2. 


Chief of sinners though I be, 
Christ is all in all to me: 

All my wants to him are known, 
All my sorrows are his own ; 

Safe with him from earthly strife, 
He sustains the hidden life. 


W. McComb. 


TLTAVE mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, O most 
merciful Father : for thy Son Jesus Christ’s sake, 
forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may ever 
hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 10. 

♦ ■■■ 

T^ELIGHT thyself also in the Lord ; and he 
shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 

Psalm xxxvii. 4. 


Wiser it were to welcome and make ours 
Whate’er of good, though small, the present brings; 
Kind greetings, sunshine, song of birds and flowers, 
With a child’s pure delight in little things ; 

And of the griefs unborn, to rest secure, 

Knowing that mercy ever will endure. 

Trench. 


O LORD, our Heavenly Father, endue us plenteously 
with heavenly gifts : grant us in health and prosper¬ 
ity long to live, and after this life, to attain everlasting 
joy and felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER II. 


DEMEMBER me, 0 my God, for good. 

Neh. xiii. 31. 


The angels move at thy word 
Swifter than light of sun, 

And the patient soul works best 

When it prays, “ Thy will be done.” 

It may be that never again 

I shall march with plough or sword, 

It may be — no matter, Amen ! 

For thou knowest best, O Lord ! 

W. M. L. Jay. 


FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, our 
only help in time of need ; look upon us with the 
eyes of thy mercy : comfort us with a sense of thy 
goodness: preserve us from the temptations of the 
enemy, and give us grace so to live, that we may at last 
dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 12. 


TDE watchful, and strengthen the things which re 
JJ main Ekv. iii. 2. 


Rev. iii. 2. 


Despise not little sins : 

The gallant ship may sink, 
Though only drop by drop. 
The watery tide it drink. 


Trench. 


LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come 
among us, and with great might succor us ; that 
whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore 
let and hindered in running the race that is set before 
us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and 
deliver us, through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord : 
to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 13. 


'T'HE Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, 
and thy God thy glory. Isaiah lx. 19. 


Bright sun of grace, thy sunshine dart 
On all who cry to thee apart, 

And fill with gladness every heart. 

That we may live in holiness, 

And find in death our happiness, 

And dwell with thee in lasting bliss. 

King Robert of France, a. d. iooo. 


LIFE-GIVING Master, and bestower of good 
things, who hast given unto men the blessed hope 
of everlasting life, through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
grant us to be evermore guarded by thy power, and 
guided in the light of truth, and so continually to render 
unto thee all thy glory and thanksgiving. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 14. 

—♦— 

on the whole armor of God, that ye may be 
able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

Eph. vi. ii. 


In little things of common life, 

There lies the Christian’s noblest strife, 
When he does conscience make 
Of every thought and throb within, 
And words and looks of self and sin 
Crushes for Jesus’ sake. 


Monsell. 


LORD, our support and refuge, deliver us from 
temptation, give us the defence of thy salvation, 
hold us up with thy right hand, teach us by thy disci¬ 
pline, and make our way and our life undefiled. We 
ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen . 


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OCTOBER 15. 

—♦— 

'P'HE Lord thinketh upon me. 

Psalm xl. 17. 


Down in earth’s duskiest vales, where’er 
My pilgrimage may be, 

Thou, Lord, wilt be a ready home 
Always at hand for me. 

Our souls go too much out of self 
Into ways dark and dim ; 

’T is rather God who seeks for us, 

Than we who seek for him. 

Faber. 


'T'O thee, O thou Holy Spirit, and by thine own power, 
do I look up, for the life of faith and hope, and for 
the increase of every spiritual blessing. Work thou 
within me for good, for without thee I am altogether 
evil. I ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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TTOR God so loved the world, that he gave his 
" only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

John iii. 16. 


Dole not thy duties out to God, 

But let thy hand be free : 

Look long at Jesus ; his sweet blood, 
How was it dealt to thee ? 

Be docile to thy unseen Guide, 

Love him as he loves thee; 

Time and obedience are enough, 

And thou a saint shall be. 


Faber. 


O SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy cross and 
precious blood hast redeemed us, save us, and help 
us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord ! Amen . 


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OCTOBER 17. 


JpOR whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 

Heb. xii. 6. 


Who strives to grow in grace from day to day, 

For thy sweet teachings watches still and waits, 
Would rather see his idols swept away 
Than blindly err, and do the sin he hates. 

And trials that to deep heart-searchings lead, 

Which prove how vain his thoughts, how low his aims, 
These are the tokens of thy love indeed, 

Winning the soul to own thy righteous claims. 

S. C. S. 


AXTE beseech thee, O Lord, that we, with all those who 
* * are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, 
may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in 
body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 18. 


UIMSELF took our infirmities and bare our 
A sicknesses. Matt. viii. 17. 


O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel, 

For some are sick, and some are sad ; 

And some have never loved thee well, 

And some have lost the love they had. 

And none, O Lord, have perfect rest, 

For none are wholly free from sin : 

And they who fain would serve thee best 
Are conscious most of wrong within. 

Hymns Ancient and Modern. 


A LMIGHTY God, may it please thee by the whole- 
some medicine of the doctrine of Christ, to heal all 
the diseases of our souls, through the merits of the same 
thy Son Jesus, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 19. 


'T'HE Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants; 

and none of them that trust in him shall be 
desolate. Psalm xxxiv. 22. 


Father, replenish with thy grace 
This longing heart of mine ; 

Make it thy quiet dwelling-place, 

Thy sacred, inmost shrine ! 

Forgive that oft my spirit wears 
Her time and strength in trivial cares ; 

Enfold her in thy changeless peace, 

So she from all but thee may cease. 

Angelus, 1657. 


TVfAY thy servants, O Lord, who have been called by 
thy grace, be unceasingly protected by thy help : 
that they may never be plucked away from the power of 
thy kingdom ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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OCTOBER 20. 


■yiTHEN my father and my mother forsake me, 
VV then the Lord will take me up. 

Psalm xxvii. io. 


Now as long as here I roam, 

On this earth have house and home, 

Shall this wondrous gleam from thee 
Shine through all my memory. 

Whom the Strongest doth defend, 

Whom the Highest counts his friend, 

Cannot perish in the end. 

Paul Gerhardt, 1650. 


A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, whose paths 
are always mercy and truth, grant, we beseech thee, 
that we who are fostered by thy tenderness, may also 
grow up with an increase of piety, and at last be vouch¬ 
safed eternal rest with the righteous; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 21. 


J^OW the God of peace make you perfect in 
every good work to do his will, working in you 
that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through 
Jesus Christ. Heb. xiii. 20, 21. 


O way through whom our souls draw near 
To yon eternal home of peace, 

Where perfect love shall cast out fear, 

And earth’s vain toil and wandering cease, 

In strength or weakness may we see 

Our heavenward path, O Lord, through thee. 

Hymns Ancient and Modern. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, bring us, we pray thee, into the 
fellowship of heavenly joys : vouchsafe us an en¬ 
trance into thy kingdom by the power of the Holy 
Ghost, that the lowly flock may reach that place, whither 
the mighty Shepherd hath gone before; through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 




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OCTOBER 22. 


WALK worthy of God, who hath called you unto 
vv his kingdom and glory. i Thess. ii. 12. 


Teach me to do thy will! 

I cannot see my way; 

I only pray thy gentle hand 
May lead me lest I stray. 

Teach me to do thy will ! 

To toil with patient love ; 

To win earth’s weary-hearted ones 
Unto thy rest above. 

Hetty Bowman. 


/GRACIOUS God, who daily loadeth us with benefits, 
^ make us thy true children : give us thy new name, 
and at last secure for us a place in thy heavenly man¬ 
sions. We ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 23. 


V r OUR Father knoweth that ye have need of 
these things. Luke xii. 30. 


O Lord, how happy should we be, 

If we could leave our cares to thee ; 

If we from self could rest: 

And feel at heart that One above, 

In perfect wisdom, perfect love 
Is working for the best. 

Hymns of the Ages. 


T ORD, increase our faith, and pardon our unbelief, 
and still renew thy mercies to us; teaching us to 
live upon thy inexhaustible fulness for all things per¬ 
taining to this world, and that which is to come. We 
ask it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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OCTOBER 24. 


"TEAR not, little flock ; for it is your Father’s 
good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

Luke xii. 32. 


O thou pure light of souls that love, 
True joy of every human breast, 
Sower of life’s immortal seed, 

Our Saviour and Redeemer blest! 

Be thou our Guide, be thou our goal: 

Be thou our pathway to the skies ; 
Our joy when sorrow fills the soul; 
In death our everlasting prize. 


Breviary. 


W E . 


beseech thee, O Lord, to look upon thy servants, 
whom thou hast enabled to put their trust in thee ; 
and grant them both to ask such things as shall please 
thee, and also to obtain what they ask; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 


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OCTOBER 25. 


"PRUST in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Psalm xxxvii. 3. 


Lord, for thy rich salvation hear our prayer, 

And daily give us an abounding share ; 

And let our souls, in all their poverty, 

From deep-felt love be looking unto thee, 

Until life’s end. 

Christian Gregor. 


TXTE beseech thee, O Lord, to purify our consciences by 
v v thy daily visitation : that when thy Son our Lord 
cometh, he may find in us a mansion prepared for him¬ 
self ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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OCTOBER 26. 


T-JE that is of a merry heart hath a continual 
11 feast. Prov. xv. i 5. 


Be merry, man, and take not sair to mind 
The wavering of this wretched world of sorrow : 
To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, 

And with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow : 
His chance to-night, it may be thine to-morrow : 
Be blyth in hearte for any aventure, 

How oft with wise men it has been said aforow, 
Without gladness availes no treasure. 

Wm. Dunbar, 1479. 


O 


HEAVENLY FATHER, fill me with a lively 
faith, profound humility, pure affections, and uni¬ 
versal charity : raise in my soul all that zeal and devo¬ 
tion, that joy and delight, which becometh thy children, 
and make me by my life to glorify thee, through Jesus 
Christ my Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 27. 


T^LESSED are they that have not seen, and yet 
have believed. John xx. 29. 


Though vexing thoughts may seem to last, 
Let not thy soul be quite o’ercast; 

Soon will He show thee all His wounds 
And say, “ Long have I known thy name, 
Know thou my face alway.” 


Keble. 


T 3 E present, O Lord, to thy faithful people: and as 
thou dost in thy compassion vouchsafe them a hearty 
desire to pray, grant them, O most loving, the aid of thy 
comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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OCTOBER 28. 

—♦— 

T'HESE things I command you, that ye love one 
x another. John xv. 17. 


Head of the church beneath, 

The catholic, the true, 

On all her members breathe, 

Her broken frame renew ! 

Then shall thy perfect will be done, 

When Christians love and live as one. 

Robert Robinson, 1780. 


ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast built thy church 
^ upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, 
Jesus Christ himself being the head corner-stone ; grant 
us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their 
doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple accepta¬ 
ble unto thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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OCTOBER 29. 


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presence shall go with thee, and I will give 
thee rest. Exodus xxxiii. 14. 


Thy presence fills my mind with peace, 

Brightens the thoughts so dark ere while, 

Bids cares and sad forebodings cease, 

Makes all things smile. 

In thee, my hiding-place divine, 

Be rest throughout life’s journeyings given ; 
Then sweeter, holier rest be mine, 

With thee in heaven ! 

Charlotte Elliott. 


T ET thy yoke become sweet, and thy burden lightsome 
to me through thy cross, O Jesus! that I, following 
thee cheerfully, may come to the same place where thou 
art, that is, to thy blessed and immortal Father from 
whom nothing may ever separate us hereafter. Amen. 




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OCTOBER 30. 


pRAY to thy Father which is in secret; and thy 
A Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward 
thee openly. Matt. vi. 6. 


As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean 
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, 

So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, 
Unheard by the world, rises silent, to thee, 

My God, silent, to thee, — 

Pure, warm, silent, to thee. 

T. Moore. 


O 


GOD of hope, true light of faithful souls and per¬ 
fect brightness of the blessed, grant that our hearts 
may ever render thee the offering of prayer, for the sake 
of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 


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OCTOBER 31. 


T)UT let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting 
on the breastplate of faith and love ; and for an 
helmet, the hope of salvation. i Thess. v. 8. 


Autumn once more begins to teach ; 

Sere leaves their annual sermon preach ; 

And with the southward slipping sun 
Another stage of life is done. 

The day is of a paler hue, 

The night is of a darker blue, — 

Just as it was a year ago ; 

For time runs fast, but grace is slow ! 

Faber. 


'\X 7 ’E beseech thee, O Lord, in thy clemency to show us 
^ * thine unspeakable mercy : that thou mayest both 
set us free from our sins, and rescue us from the punish¬ 
ments which we deserve ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 


"DLESSED are the dead which die in the Lord, 
^ from henceforth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they 
may rest from their labors ; and their works do fol¬ 
low them. Rev. xiv. 13. 


From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, 
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host; 
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

Allelulia. Amen. 

Rev. W. W. How. 


O 


ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast knit together thine 
elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mys¬ 
tical body of thy Son Christ our Lord ; grant us grace 
so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly 
living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, 
which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love 
thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 2. 


God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes. Rev. vii. 17. 


In Paradise, forever clear 

The stream of love is flowing: 

For every tear that I ’ve shed here 
A pearl therein is glowing. 

All hopes, all wishes, all the love 
I sighed for, pined for, ever, 

Shall bloom around me there above, 

And last with me forever 1 

Ruckert, 1789. 


YKTE bless thee, Almighty God, that thou hast overcome 
v v death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting 
life, through thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 3. 


A BLE to comprehend with all saints, what is the 

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breadth, and length, and depth, and height 
and to know the love of Christ which passeth 
knowledge. Eph. iii. 18, 19. 


Love, lift me up upon thy golden wings 
From this base world unto thy heavenly height, 
Where I may see those admirable things 
Which there thou workest by thy sovereign might, 
Far above feeble reach of earthly sight; 

That I thereof an heavenly hymn may sing 
Unto the God of love, high heaven’s king. 

Spenser. 


TX 7 'E praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we 
V * glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great 
love to us, O God, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 4. 


H E will be very gracious unto thee at the voice 
of thy cry ; when he shall hear it, he will an¬ 
swer thee. Isaiah xxx. 19. 


Let prayer 

Be to thee as the sunshine of thy soul, 

Falling upon thee with the early morn, 
Lightening it sweetly with the eventide : 

As sunrise and sunset 
Do gild the tops of mountains. 

A. E. H. 


r ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers 
^ of thy humble servants ; and that they may obtain 
their petitions make them to ask such things as shall 
please thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 5. 


HTHE lips of the righteous feed many : the tongue 
of the just is as choice silver. 

PROV. X. 21, 20. 


What shall be our word for Jesus ? Master, give it day 
by day ; 

Even as the need arises, teach thy children what to say. 
Give us holy love and patience : grant us deep humility, 
That of self we may be emptied, and our hearts be full 
of thee. 

F. R. Havergal. 


O LORD, open thou our lips : and our mouth shall 
show forth thy praise. We ask it for Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 6. 


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JTOR he is our peace. 

Eph. ii. 14. 


How beautiful within our souls to keep 
This treasure the All Merciful hath given; 

To feel, when we awake, and when we sleep, 

Its incense ’round us like a breeze from heaven. 
Quiet at hearth and home, 

Where the heart’s joys begin; 

Quiet where’er we roam, 

Quiet around, within. 

Hymns of the Ages. 


O LORD, let thy mercy be upon us as our trust is in 
thee. 

O Lord, in thee I have trusted; let me never be con¬ 
founded. Amen . 


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NOVEMBER 7. 

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WHEREFORE, let them that suffer according to 
* * the will of God, commit the keeping of their 
souls to him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Crea¬ 
tor. i Peter iv. 19. 


None shall measure out thy patience 
By the span of human thought; 

None shall bound the tender mercies 
Which thy holy Son hath wrought. 

Pardon all my past transgressions ; 

Give me strength for days to come ; 

Guide and guard me with thy blessing 
Till thine angels bid me home. 

Thomas Park, 1797. 


TTOW may I bear the misery of this life, O Lord, ex- 
cept thy grace and mercy do comfort me! Hear 
me for my Saviour’s sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 8. 


A CCEPTED in the beloved : in whom we have 
redemption through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of his grace. 

Eph. i. 6, 7. 


No human sin so black or deep, 

But thou didst full atonement make ; 
No soul can so with terror quake, 
But at thy cross its fears may sleep. 


So at its foot I lay me low, 

And tell thy sufferings o’er and o’er, 
And feel hope quicken more and more, 
And, till thou bless me, will not go ! 


/"ANLY thy worthiness do we plead, O merciful Jesus : 

thou lovest to the uttermost: clothed in thy spot¬ 
less righteousness we may at last behold the King in his 
beauty. All praise be to thee, for ever and ever. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 9. 


CO shall we ever be with the Lord. 

° i Thess. iv. 17. 


So, while the seas of dark o’er roll 
The weary world, and dim my sight, 

Let thy sweet presence, light of light, 

With tender glory flood my soul. 

Till all this earth-dark rolls away, 

And on my raptured, dazzled eyes 
Breaks forth, along the fair new skies, 

The splendor of thy perfect day ! 

W. M. L. Jay. 


T ET thy perpetual mercy, O Lord, be upon us, that 
^ while we are placed among the storms of this 
world, we may both be refreshed with present gladness, 
and behold the brightness of eternal bliss, for Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 10. 


QAUSE me to know the way wherein I should 
walk ; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 

Psalm cxliii. 8. 


Jesus, cast a look on me ; 

Give me sweet simplicity ; 

Make me poor, and keep me low, 

Seeking only thee to know. 

Make me like a little child, 

Of my strength and wisdom spoiled, 

Seeing only in thy light, 

W alking only in thy might. 

John Berridge, 1785. 


RANT, Lord, to us thy humble servants, that by thy 
inspiration we may think those things that are good 
and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 


TA/'HEREFORE, comfort one another with these 
VV - j thess. iv. 18. 


words. 


God calls our loved ones, but we lose not wholly 
What he hath given; 

They live on earth, in thought and deed, as truly 
As in his heaven. 

Whittier. 


TWTAKE us, O Lord, so to live, that we may at last hear 
thy gracious voice saying unto us, come ye blessed 
children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for 
you from the beginning of the world. We ask it for 
thy Name’s sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 12. 


"Yy^HEREFORE gird up the loins of your mind, be 
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that 
is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. i Peter i. 13. 


Yea, come, dear Lord, at morning, noon, or night, 
In grief’s stern shadow,. or in joy’s glad light; 

Come when thou wilt, my confidence is strong, 

Thou wilt not come too soon, nor wait too long. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


Q LORD JESUS CHRIST, we believe that thou 
shalt come to be our judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou 
hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 13. 




not away therefore your confidence, which 
naui great recompense of reward. 



Heb. x. 35. 


Oh, rich delight! the humble Christian’s lot 
To walk by faith, within this world of sense ; 

Joy, with which strangers “intermeddle not,” 

To trace thine overruling Providence. 

Upon my brow I meekly bear the sacred cross 
Which thou, my Lord, didst meekly bear for me ; 
Give me the grace to “ count all things but loss. 

So I may win ” and stand, complete in thee. 


S. C. S. 


RANT, O Lord, that Christ may dwell in our hearts 
by faith : so that at last our body and soul be 
preserved blameless before thee at thy coming. We ask 
it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 14. 


♦ 


HTO him that overcometh will I grant to sit with 
me in my throne. Rev. iii. 21. 


When everything that is sincerely good, and perfectly 
divine, 

With truth, and peace, and love shall ever shine 
About the supreme throne 
Of him t’ whose happy-making sight alone 
When once our heavenly guided soul shall clime, 

Then all this earthly grossness quit, 

Attired with stars, we shall forever sit, 

Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time! 


Milton. 


("A CHRIST, when thou hadst overcome the sharpness 
of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to 
all believers. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 15. 


T ORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us. 

4 Tcitati 


Isaiah xxvi. 12. 


As I was gathering violets in the snow, 

Methought how often, when the heart is low, 

And nature grieves, 

The buds of simple faith will meekly blow 

’Neath frosted leaves. e. H. 


RANT, O Lord, that in all my petitions I may ask 
what may delight thee to bestow, and what may 
therefore profit me to receive, for the Lord Jesus’ 
Christ’s sake, who liveth and reigneth with thee, one 
God, world without end. Ame7i. 


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—♦— 

UE that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace 
of his lips the king shall be his friend. 

Prov. xxii ii. 


Lord, let my heart still turn to thee, 

In all my hours of waking thought; 

Nor let this heart e’er wish to flee, 

Or think, or feel, where thou art not. 

In every dream of earthly bliss, 

Do thou, dear Jesus, present be ; 

Nor let a thought of happiness 
On earth intrude, apart from thee ! 

Lady Powerscourt. 


O 


ETERNAL TRUTH ! strengthen thou me, so that 
I be not led away by vanity. Make me pure, as 
thou, my Lord, art pure. I ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 17. 


'T'HEY that wait on the Lord shall renew their 
strength. Isaiah xl. 31. 


Man’s weakness waiting upon God 
Its end can never miss, 

For men on earth no work can do 
More angel-like than this. 

Ill that he blesses is our good, 

And unblest good is ill; 

And all is right that seems most wrong 
If it be his sweet will ! 

Faber. 


A LMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no power 
of ourselves to help ourselves; keep us, both out¬ 
wardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls, we be¬ 
seech thee, for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 18. 


JET this mind be in you, which was also in 
Christ Jesus. Phil. ii. 5. 


Take thy whole portion with thy Master’s mind. 
Toil, hindrance, hardness, with his virtue take, 
And think how short a time thy heart may find 
To labor or to suffer for his sake. 

And love shall teach us, while on him we lean, 

That in the certainty of coming bliss, 

We may be yearning for a world unseen. 

Yet wear our beautiful array in this. 

A. L. Waring. 


J~\EFEND us, O Lord, from all adversities which may 
happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts 
which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 19. 


I 


WILL be with him in trouble. 


Psalm xci. 15. 


It may be the bitter future 
Is less bitter than I think ; 

The Lord may sweeten the waters 
Before I come to drink ; 

Or, if Marah must be Marah, 

He will stand beside the brink. 

M. J. Brainerd. 


TN thy compassion, O Lord, turn away from us those 
chastenings which indeed we deserve for our sins, but 
which in our human frailty we cannot endure, and em¬ 
brace us with that tenderness thou dost bestow even on 
the unworthy ; for Christ’s sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 20. 

—♦— 


AND to her was granted that she should be ar¬ 
rayed in fine linen, clean and white : for the 
fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 

Rev. xix. 8. 


As these white robes are soiled and dark 
To yonder snowy ground; 

As this pale taper’s earthly spark, 

To yonder argent round ; 

So shows my soul before the Lamb, 

My spirit before thee ; 

So in my earthly house I am 
To that I hope to be. 

Alfred Tennyson. 


TVTY soul hangs on thee, O Christ, alone; it thirsts for 
thee, and till it arrives at the enjoyment of thee, it 
will still be waiting. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 21 


T HAVE heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
A tears. Isaiah xxxviii. 5. 


Even here, 

From his dear children’s eyes, God wipes the tear; 
And who would mourn, a tear should fill his eye 
For God to dry ; 

Angels might envy man his tearful eyes 

When God’s hand dries. E. H. 


T ET thy merciful clemency, O Lord, be unto thy ser- 
vants, to heal our wounds, to forgive our sins, and 
at last to give us happy entrance into the joys of para¬ 
dise. We ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 22. 


JDLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord : 

.... happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well 
with thee. Psalm cxxviii. i, 2. 


W hoever makes it life’s chief aim and end 
To have his happiness on thee depend, 

In him a well of joy forever springs, 

And all day long his heart is glad and sings : 

Who is like thee ? 

Christian Gregor, 1778. 


CPEEDILY may thy compassion overtake us, O Lord : 

for in thee are our glad tidings, O Saviour and Guar¬ 
dian of our souls and bodies, and to thee we ascribe all 
the glory. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 23. 


'"THERE remaineth therefore a rest to the people 
A of God. Heb. iv. 9. 


Hushed on thy breast, the weary rest, 
Whose hearts were raised to thee, 
When waves of sin, and tempest din, 
Strove hard for mastery. 

To Calvary’s cross, ’mid pain and loss, 
Still clung they tremblingly, 

And now in peace, where tempests cease, 
They rest eternally. 


I) ECEIVE our souls, O Christ, when death shall come, 
into the blessed arms of thine unspeakable mercy, 
into the sacred rest of thine everlasting peace, into the 
glorious estate of thy chosen saints in heaven. We ask 
it for thy Name’s sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 24. 

TWTINE eyes are ever toward the Lord. 

1 Psalm xxv. 15. 


Faith that asketh never 
Why some days are dark ; 

Hope that lights her taper 
At the faintest spark ; 

Courage strong to gather 
From life’s bitter, sweet ; 

Love that clings with fervor 
To the Saviour’s feet; 

These, and all fair graces 
Be thy gifts to me, 

Till in heavenly places 
Thy dear face I see. 


W. M. L. Jay. 


T ET thy tenderness, O Lord, ever be stirred up for 
those whose trust is in thee, nor let thy grace fail 
them. We ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 25. 


XRUST in him at all times; ye people, pour out 
^ your heart before him: God is a refuge for 
us . Psalm lxii. 8. 


I know not what it is to doubt; 

My heart is ever gay ! 

I run no risk, for come what will, 
Thou always hast thy way. 


And when it seems no chance or change 
From grief can set me free, 

Hope finds its strength in helplessness, 
And gayly waits on thee. 


Faber. 


W E „ 


^ yield thee hearty thanks, O Heavenly Father, that 
thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of 
thy grace and faith in thee. Increase this knowledge, 
and confirm this faith in us evermore, for Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 26. 


"DE strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 

2 Tim. ii. i. 


Workman of God, oh lose not heart, 
But learn what God is like ; 

And in the darkest battle-field 
Thou shalt know where to strike. 

Thrice blest is he to whom is given 
The instinct that can tell 
That God is on the field where he 
Is most invisible. 


Faber. 


JV/TAY that which is to be performed by our humble 
ministration, O Lord, be fulfilled by thy effectual 
power ; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 27. 


♦- 


in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. 



Psalm xxxvii. 7. 


God doth not bid thee wait 
To disappoint at last; 

A golden promise, fair and great, 

In precept mould is cast. 

Soon shall the morning gild 
The dark horizon dim, 

Thy heart’s desire shall be fulfilled,— 
“ Wait patiently for him.” 


F. R. Havergal. 


UARD thy servants, O Lord, with thy perpetual pro- 
tection: that we may serve thee with an undis¬ 
tracted mind, and be quiet from fear of evil under thy 
shelter ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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NOVEMBER 28. 


_^ND the peace of God, which passeth all under¬ 
standing, shall keep your hearts and minds, 
through Christ Jesus. Phil. iv. 7. 


It is thine own, O Lord, 

Who toil while others sleep; 

Who sow with loving care 
What other hands shall reap : 

They lean on thee, entranced 
In calm and perfect rest. 

Give us that peace, O Lord, 

Divine and blest, 

Thou keepest for those hearts who 
Love thee best. 

A. A. Procter. 


T^O thou purify our souls and bodies, O Saviour of 
body and soul, O loving bestower of eternal happi¬ 
ness, so shall we have peace through Jesus. Amen. 


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NOVEMBER 29. 

—•— 


'T'HE Lord direct your hearts into the love of 
God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 

2 Thess. iii. 5. 


Look away to Jesus, 

Look away from all ; 

Then we need not stumble, 
Then we shall not fall. 
From each snare that lureth, 
Foe or phantom grim, 
Safety this insureth, 

Look away to him ! 


F. R. Havergal. 


TJ 7 E beseech thee, O Lord, make us subject unto thee 
* ^ with a ready will, and evermore stir up our souls to 
make supplication unto thee; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 


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NOVEMBER 30. 


UE first findeth his own 
brought him to Jesus. 


brother. And he 
John i. 41 , 42 . 


Heart and heart together bound 
Seek in God your true repose ; 

In your love the price be found 
Of your Saviour’s love and woes ; 

Each must onward urge his friend, 

Helping him in word or deed, 

Love’s blest pathway to ascend, 

Following on where thou dost lead. 

ZlNZENDORF, 1731. 


RANT to us, Lord, that we, being called by thy holy 
word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to 
fulfil thy commandments, and endeavor also to draw 
others unto thee ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER I. 



A WAKE, thou that sleepest, and arise from the 
dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 

Eph. v. 14. 


Jesu ! to thee our voices rise; 

We watch, we pray, we weep ! 

And our low supplicating cries 
Forbid our souls to sleep. 

Dispel our slumbers, gracious Lord ! 

Break all the chains of night ! 

Loose all the bands of sin abhorred, 

And bathe our souls in light! 

Trans, by Bp. Williams. 


OTIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, our hearts to pre- 
0 pare the ways of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, that 
by his coming in our hearts, we may ever serve thee in 
body and soul, for his Name’s sake. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 2. 

—4 - 

WIST ye not that I must be about my Father’s 
business ? Luke ii. 49. 


My soul! what hast thou done for God ? 

Look o’er thy misspent years and see ! 

Sum up what thou hast done for God, 

And then what God hath done for thee ! 

He made thee when he might have made 
A soul that would have loved him more ; 

He rescued thee from nothingness, 

And set thee on life’s happy shore. 

Faber. 


LORD JESUS CHRIST, come to us in thy quick- 
ening love, and plant thy holy fear within our 
hearts, that thou mayest confess us at the last day before 
thv Father in heaven, and own us brethren, for thy mer¬ 
ciful Name’s sake. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 3. 

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'T'HE Lord taketh pleasure in his people : he will 
1 beautify the meek with salvation. 

Psalm cxlix. 4. 


Lord, at all times mayst thou within us find 
A loving spirit, and a child-like mind ; 

And from thy wounds may we receive the power, 
Through all life’s weal and woe, in every hour, 
To cling to thee ! 

Christian Gregor. 


THOU who on earth wert meek and lowly in heart, 
teach us all thy ways : teach us both to yield and to 
resist, to be silent, and to speak, yea, in all things to die 
unto self, that we may live unto thee; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 5. 


T WILL write upon him my new name. 

1 Rev. iii. 12 . 


My soul, rest happy in thy low estate, 

Nor hope nor wish to be esteemed as great; 

To take the impression of a will divine, 

Be that thy glory, and those riches thine. 

Confess him righteous in his just decrees, 

Love what he loves, and let his pleasures please. 

Die daily ; from the touch of sin recede : 

Then thou hast crowned him and he reigns indeed. 

Madame Guyon, 1648. 


GOD, may the bright Sun of righteousness never 
cease to shine within our hearts : thus may the desert 
of our nature rejoice and blossom as the rose, and the 
earthly within us be changed into the heavenly, to thy 
praise and glory, through Jesus. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 6. 

—♦— 

Y e A, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. 

Jer. xxxi. 3. 


May Jesus hold thee safely, 
Close to his beating heart; 
And to thy soul’s deep yearning 
His love and life impart. 

May his own arm be ’round thee, 
And compass every side : 
Under his soft wing nestling, 
May’st thou for aye abide. 


THOU who art the God of peace and consolation, 
give us strength for every trial of life : if our spirits 
faint within us, still wilt thou so quicken our souls by 
faith and love, that we may at last come off more than 
conqueror; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 7. 


THE people that do know their God shall be 
strong. Dan. xi. 32. 


Thou lovest me, Father, with the love 
Wherewith thou lovedst Christ thy Son, 
And so a brightness from above 

Still glads me, though my tears may run ; 
For in thy love I find and know 
What all the world could ne’er bestow. 


Lyra Germanica. 






A RM us, O Lord, with thy Spirit, encourage us with 
** thy presence, and let us feel the effectual working of 
thy power, which is ever made perfect through weakness ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 8. 


JTEAR thou not; for I am with thee : be not dis¬ 
mayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen 
thee ; yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee 
with the right hand of my righteousness. 

Isaiah xli. io. 


Fighting the whole day long 
With a very tired hand, 

With only my armor strong, 

The shelter in which I stand. 

Only the Lord can hear, 

Only the Lord can see 
The struggle within how dark and drear, 
Though quiet the outside be. 


RANT, gracious Lord, that being conquerors in thee, 
and more than conquerors, we may enter into the 
kingdom of thy peace, and be forever with thee whom 
our souls love, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 9. 


T ORD, all my desire is before thee. 

■ L# Psalm xxxviii. 9. 


Dear Lord, to thee a thousand years 
Are as a day : with contrite tears 
One prayer I pray ! My little life, — 
Its good, its ill, its grief, its strife, — 
Oh, let it in thy holy sight, > 

Like empty watches of a night 
Forgotten be ! and of my name, 

Dear Lord, who knowest all our frame, 
Let there remain no memory 
Save of the thing I longed to be ! 


'T'AKE away, O most merciful God, all that is mine, 
and give me all that is thine ; so shall I be free 
from sin, and certain of eternal life; through Jesus 
Christ my Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 10. 


—♦— 

MOW also Christ shall be magnified in my body, 
whether it be by life, or by death. 

Phil. i. 20. 


Through life and death, through sorrow and through 
sinning 

Christ shall suffice me, for he hath sufficed. 

Christ is the end, for Christ is the beginning, 

Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ. 

From “Christ in Song.” 


MERCIFUL GOD, may the blood of thy dear Son 
wash me from my wickedness, his merits plead for 
me, his death atone for my sins ! Let me be clothed 
with his righteousness, sanctified by his Spirit, and at last 
receive me into thine own presence through his merits. 
Amen. 




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DECEMBER II. 


UE hath put a new song in my mouth, even 
1 praise unto our God : many shall see it, and 
fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 

Psalm xl. 3. 


Thou art the King of mercy and of grace, 
Reigning omnipotent in every place ! 

So come, O King, and deign 
Within our hearts to reign, 

And our whole being sway ; 

Shine in us by thy light, 

And lead us to the height 
Of thy pure heavenly day. 

John Calvin, 1537. 


Q LORD JESUS CHRIST, I beseech thee hasten 
the day, when thou shalt be glorified, with the glory 
due unto thy holy Name, and we shall sing unto thee in all 
joy, and felicity, laud and praise, for evermore. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 12. 


^HE Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and 
their inheritance shall be forever. 

Psalm xxxvii. 18. 


Each scene in all my coming life 
Is fully known to thee ; 

Thou knowest the joy, the grief, or strife 
That will my portion be. 

And joyfully my spirit, Lord, 

I would to thee confide : 

Oh ! if thine arm but strength afford 
I need no other guide. 

M. C. C. 


TMSPOSE our days in peace, O almighty and merciful 
Jesus, so shall we ever praise thy Name, world with- 
without end. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 13. 


"RE ye therefore followers of God, as dear chil- 

-D d/en. Eph. v. i. 


Give me or pain or gladness at thy pleasure, 

Give what thy wisdom and thy love may choose, 
But be thou of my soul the hidden treasure, 

And all that soul’s defilement let me lose. 

Mrs. E. Prentiss. 


RE ATE in me, O Lord, a saving knowledge of thee 
^ and of my duty, a justifying faith, true sanctification, 
a purifying hope, an ardent love, and a filial fear of thee, 
a constant desire of displeasing thee, and a great tender¬ 
ness of offending thee : for Jesus’ sake. Amen . 




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DECEMBER 14. 

—♦— 


A ND they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, 
in that day when I make up my jewels. 

Mal. iii. 17. 


Then mourn not thou the sainted dead, 

To thy true heart so dear ; 

Each in his lowly, quiet bed 
Slumbers, forgotten here. 

Yet, in the courts of God above, 

Their names, all radiant, shine ; 

Each secret deed of Christian love 
Is known in that bright clime. m. C. C. 


T/'EEP us, O Lord, so truly in thy love and favor all 
our life long, that when thou callest us hence, we 
may be received into thine eternal rest, thy perpetual light, 
thy perfect peace, for the sake of Jesus our Lord. 
Amen. 


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DECEMBER 15. 


T CAN do all things through Christ which 
strengtheneth me. Phil. iv. 13. 


Every sorrow, every smart, 

That the eternal Father’s heart 
Hath appointed me of yore, 

Or hath yet for me in store, 

As my life flows on I ’ll take 
Calmly, gladly, for his sake, 

No more faithless murmurs make. 

Paul Gerhardt, 1659. 


rA THOU who bringest good out of evil, and light out 
of darkness, and dost nourish strength in the souls 
of those who patiently endure chastening at thy righteous 
hand, dispose us to an humble and thankful use of all 
thy dealings with us, even of those which are darkest 
to our mortal sight, and so to glorify thy holy Name ; 
through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 16. 


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AM with thee, and will keep thee in all places 
whither thou goest. Gen. xxviii. 15. 


What shall the future progress be 
Of life with me ? 

God knows, — I roll on him my care, — 

Night is not night if he be there. 

When daylight is no longer mine, 

And stars forbidden are to shine, 

I ’ll turn my eyes 
To where eternal day shall rise. 

Hymns of the Church Militant. 


/'"A LORD, I know not what I should ask of thee, thou 
only knowest what I want, and thou lovest me bet¬ 
ter than I can love myself. Into thy hands I commend 
my future, knowing that all must be well. Bless me for 
my Saviour’s sake. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 17. 


A/TY days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. 
iV1 Job vii. 6. 

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have 
no end. Psalm cii. 27. 


Storm of night brings gold of dawning, 

Night of death precedes life’s morning, 

Take the comfort, heed the warning, 

Time is marching on ! 

W. M. L. Jay. 


T ET me learn from thee, O God, how little is all that is 
earthly, how great all that is heavenly, how short all 
that is of time, how lasting all that is of eternity. I ask 
it for Christ’s sake. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 18. 

'Y'HEN they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another: and the Lord hearkened and heard 
it: and a book of remembrance was written before 
him for them that feared the Lord, and that 
thought upon his name. Mal. iii. 16. 


We were talking about the King 
And our elder Brother, 

As we were used often to speak 
One to another. 

The Lord standing quietly by, 

In the shadows dim, 

Smiling, perhaps, in the dark, to hear 
Our sweet, sweet talk of him. 


RANT unto us, O loving Lord, that all Christians 
^ may be so joined together in unity of the Spirit, and 
in the bond of peace, that they may ever be found an holy 
temple acceptable unto thee, through thy merits, O 
merciful Saviour, whom we worship now and forever. 
Amen. 


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DECEMBER 19. 


AND even to your old age I am he ; and even to 
^ hoar hairs will I carry you. 

Isaiah xlvi. 4. 


Gracious source of every blessing, 

Guard our breasts from anxious fears : 

Let us each, thy care possessing, 

Sink into the vale of years. 

All our hopes on thee reclining, 

Peace, companion of our way, 

May our sun, in smiles declining, 

Rise in everlasting day. 

Lyra Germanica. 


T ORD, thou hast often heard, helped, and saved in 
former years : continue thy gracious favor unto us, 
that at last we may be forever with thee in our heavenly 
home. We ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 20. 


—♦— 

'YY’HEN the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall 
receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not 
away. i Peter v. 4. 


Oh, teach us henceforth, Lord, to see 
That human want and human woe 
Point out where thou would’st have us go ; 

That wrecks of souls along life’s sands 
Show where thy work needs loving hands ; 

And when we start dismayed 
To see some shadow in the path, 

Say soft, “ O ye of little faith, 

’T is I, be not afraid.” 

W. M. L. Jay. 

RANT to our hearts, O Lord, an invincible power of 
love, that the desires conceived by thine inspiration 
may not be changed by any temptation ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 21. 


LORD, 


I believe 


help thou mine unbelief. 

Mark ix. 24. 


I falter where I firmly trod, 

And falling with my weight of cares 
Upon the great world’s altar-stairs 
That slope through darkness up to God, 

I stretch lame hands of faith and grope, 

And gather dust and chaff, and call 
To what I feel is Lord of all, 

And faintly trust the larger hope. 

Tennyson. 


ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us the faith of 
Christ for a light to our feet amid the darkness of 
this world ; have pity upon all who, by doubting or de¬ 
nying it, are gone astray from the path of safety; bring 
home the truth to their hearts, and grant them to receive 
it as little children; through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 22. 



r JTHERE is therefore now no condemnation to 
them which are in Christ Jesus. 

Rom. viii. i. 


Unworthy, Lord, are we, 

The latchet of thy sandal to untie ; 

Yet thou, O God, from thine eternity 
Dost come forth clothed with our humanity; 

Most wondrous of all wondrous mystery, 

The Maker, and yet servant, of our race; 

And in the awful grandeur of thy grace 
Bending before us on thy human knee, 

Dost wash the dust of sin from our poor feet, 

That they may tread unchallenged heaven’s street. 

A. E. H. 


T 3 EING cleansed by thy precious blood, O Christ, may 
^ we ever render unto thee a pure worship ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 23. 


M Y 

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* kindness shall not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace be removed, 
saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 

Isaiah liv. io. 


Teach me, O Father, this truth to discover, 

That in the snow-flakes which over us hover, 

Skies all aglow or aflame, 

Grief that depresses, or gladness that raises, 

I of thy love see the manifold phases, 

Love that is ever the same. 

W. M. L. Jay. 


T ORD, we bless thee for thine innumerable benefits 
bestowed on us thy unworthy creatures. Give us 
true gratitude, that we may serve thee all the days of our 
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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DECEMBER 24. 

—♦— 

(YLORY to God in the highest, and on earth 
peace, good will to men. Luke ii. 14. 


The happy Christmas comes once more, 

The heavenly guest is at the door : 

The blessed words the shepherds thrill, 

The joyous tidings : peace, good will ! 

O wake our hearts, in gladness sing ! 

And keep our Christmas with our king. 

Till living song, from loving souls, 

Like sound of mighty waters rolls. 

Translated from the Danish, by C. P. Krauth. 


YY GOD, who hast made this most sacred night to 
shine with the illumination of the true light: grant 
that we may joyfully receive thine only begotten Son as 
our Redeemer, for his sake. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 25. 


CHRISTMAS DAY. 

DEHOLD, I bring you good tidings of great joy, 
^ which shall be to all people. For unto you is 
born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which 
is Christ the Lord. Luke ii. io, u. 


Stars, earth, and all the spreading sea, 

With heaven’s unknown immensity, 

With a new song salute the morn, 

When, Saviour, thou on earth wert born. 

And we, whose souls the sacred wave 
Of thy dear blood from sin doth lave, 

Hail with warm hearts thy natal day, 

And in glad hymns our tribute pay. 

Trans, by Bishop Williams. 


P RANT, O merciful God, that he who was born this 
day to be the Saviour of the world, as he is the 
Author of divine birth, so may be himself the bestower 
of our immortality, through the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 26. 


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ROOKING unto Jesus, the author and finisher of 
our faith ; who, for the joy that was set before 
him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and 
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 


Heb. xii. 2. 


For him the silver ladder shall be set; 

His Saviour shall receive his latest breath ; 
He walketh to a fadeless coronet 
Up through the gate of death ! 


RANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon 
earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stead¬ 
fastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory 
that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy 
Ghost, may behold thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest 
at the right hand of God to succor all those who suffer 
for thee, our only mediator and advocate. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 27. 


"MOW there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom, one of 
his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 

John xiii. 23. 


And evermore beside him on his way 
The unseen Christ shall move, 

That he may lean upon his arm and say, 

“ Dost thou, dear Lord, approve ? ” 

O holy trust! O endless sense of rest ! 

Like the beloved John, 

To lay his head upon the Saviour’s breast 
And thus to journey on. 

Longfellow. 


O THOU good Shepherd, let me trust in thy love and 
feel thy supports, that whatever lies before me to be 
done or suffered, I may be enabled to do thy will, for 
thy blessed Name’s sake. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 28. 

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OUT of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou 
hast perfected praise. Matt. xxi. 16 . 


These little ones whom we despise, 

These are the saints whom God doth canonize ; 

Yea, humble names we know not or forget, 

High in the calendar of heaven are set. 

Not lifted eyes, 

But contrite hearts, find favor in the skies. 

A. E. H. 


lyTAKE me, O Lord, to have faith as a little child, that 
1V ' L so by the innocency of my life, and constancy of 
my faith even unto death, I may ever glorify thee, 
through Christ my Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 29. 


AND the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
“ us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the 
only begotten of the Father), full of grace and 
truth. John i. 14. 


For wisdom dealt with mortal powers, 

Where truth in closest words shall fail, 

When truth embodied in a tale, 

Shall enter in at lowly doors. 

And so the word had breath, and wrought 
With human hands the creed of creeds, 

In loveliness of perfect deeds, 

More strong than all poetic thought. 

Tennyson. 


RANT, O God, that as we are bathed in the light of 
'"- J the incarnate Word, that which shines by faith in 
our minds may blaze out likewise in our actions, through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 30. 


'pHOU shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall 
save his people from their sins. 

Matt. i. 21. 


I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, 

Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend ; 

Nor wilt thou with the night depart, 

But stay and love me to the end: 

Thy mercies never shall remove ; 

Thy nature and thy name is love. 

Charles Wesley. 

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T"\ESPISE me not, O gracious Saviour, since I humbly 
entreat thee, and call upon thy most holy name of 
Jesus. Thy name is a saving name, a precious name, 
for it means that thou art my Saviour, and will redeem 
me by thy precious blood, from all my sins. To thee be 
the glory. Amen. 


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DECEMBER 31. 



O Christ ! eternal are thy human years. 

Brief in their space, 

Eternal in their grace ; 

In them for us God still doth live and move, 
The God of love, 

Wearing our flesh, in sorrow and in tears. 

A. E. H 


(-) LORD JESUS CHRIST, very God and very man, 
^ my Creator and Redeemer, thee I desire to love 
above all things ; pour upon me the riches of thy grace, 
that I may live holily, and serve thee perfectly to the 
end : and to thee, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 
be glory forever. Amen. 




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As solemn as the thought of one 
Who is no more, 

Is the remembrance of the old year gone, 

When, lo ! the new year standeth at the door. 

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ASH-WEDNESDAY. 


THE Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite 


spirit. 


Psalm xxxiv. 18. 


Weary of wandering from my God, 

And now made willing to return, 

I hear, and bow me to the rod; 

For thee, not without hope, I mourn : 

I have an Advocate above, 

A Friend before the throne of love. 

O Jesu, full of pardoning grace, 

More full of grace than I of sin, 

Yet once again I seek thy face, 

Open thine arms and take me in ; 

And freely my back-slidings heal, 

And love the faithless sinner still. 

Charles Wesley. 


A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest noth- 
ing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of 
all those who are penitent; create and make in us new 
and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, 
and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 











GOOD-FRIDAY 


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CHRIST, and him crucified. 

i Cor. ii. 2. 


O sacred head, now wounded, 

With grief and shame bowed down ; 

Now scornfully surrounded 
With thorns, thine only crown. 

O sacred head, what glory, 

What bliss till now was thine ! 

Yet though despised and gory 
I joy to call thee mine. 

What language shall I borrow 
To thank thee, dearest friend, 

For this thy dying sorrow, 

Thy pity without end ? 

O make me thine forever, 

And should I fainting be, 

Lord, let me never, never, 

Outlive my love for thee ! 


S. Bernard, trans. by Gerhardt. 



us, O Lord Christ, crucified for our redemption, 


A and so heal and transform us by thy most precious 
death, that we may live only unto thee, and that at the 
last hour of our departing from this mortal life we may 
commit our souls, reconciled and cleansed, into thine 
eternal hands, that thou mayest receive us into life im¬ 
mortal, there to reign with thee world without end. 
Amen . 















EASTER DAY. 


JESUS met them, saying, All hail. 

Matt, xxviii. 9. 


O risen Christ! thou art the door, 

The ever shining way, 

The blessed Easter-gate of life, 

That opens to the day ! 

To thee, fair lustrous lilies white, — 

Meet Easter-type, — we bring ; 

We chant: “The Lord is risen indeed,” 

First fruits of coming spring ! 

The spot that was thy guarded tomb, 

Now, with its angel guest, 

Seems but the lighted portal whence 
We pass unto our rest. 

All praise, our risen Lord, to thee, 

For love that conquers death ; 

For faith that maketh quick to hear 
One word that “ Jesus saith.” 

M. K. A. S. 


^JRANT, O merciful God, that in the resurrection of 
our Lord Jesus Christ we may in very deed have 
our portion, for his sake. Amen. 









ASCENSION DAY. 


AND he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 
^ And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he 
was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 

Luke xxiv. 50, 51. 


The angel host enraptured waits : 

“ Lift up your heads, eternal gates ! ” 

O God and Man ! the Father’s throne 
Is now for evermore thine own ! 

Our great High Priest and Shepherd, thou 
Within the vail art entered now, 

To offer there thy precious blood 
Once poured on earth a cleansing flood. 

All praise from every heart and tongue 
To thee, ascended Lord, be sung : 

All praise to God the Father be, 

And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen. 


f"* RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as 
we do believe thy Only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ to have ascended into the heavens ; so we may 
also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him con¬ 
tinually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 










WHITSUN-DAY. 


[ WILL pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you 
for ever. John xiv. 16. 


Now, in divine compassion 
To hearts all cold and dead, 

The Comforter descendeth 
Its gracious gifts to shed. 

And straightway thence there springeth, 
Like blossoms from the sod, 

Fair bloom of heavenly virtues, 

Sweet love to man and God. 

Lord, ’neath this blessed sunshine 
And dew of love divine, 

Our spirit-life shall quicken 
To loveliness like thine. 

Then welcome, Guest celestial, 

To every human breast! 

Earnest of life immortal, 

Thou joy, and peace, and rest! 


TV/TAY the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, O Lord, 
1VJ - cleanse our hearts, and make them fruitful with its 
plenteous dew ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 




































































































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